It has five separate strings of letters, probably corresponding to five or more words, carved on the side that represents the back of a hand.

At the time, during the period of Sertorian Wars, the native population took sides and the settlement came under attack, extending the fire throughout the fortified town as a result.

[3] As outlined by Juantxo Agirre Mauleon, secretary of the Science Society Aranzadi, which conducted the excavation, the roof of the dwelling collapsed, which allowed for the preservation of archaeological remains under the debris.

[4] It has been linked to Iberian and Celtiberian trophies representing the cut hand of a defeated enemy.

[5] However, similar objects known as hamsa are found in various cultures of the Middle East and North Africa, including Phoenician colonies in the Iberian peninsula.

[6] The first string of letters is read as sorioneku in its dotted version, echoed in the present-day Basque language by the widely used zorioneko, a declined word meaning "(of) good fortune(s)".

[9] Although announced on 14 November 2022, with the intervention of the regional president of Navarre, the unearthing goes back to June 2021, when the excavating team led by Mattin Aiestaran found it.