 Julien Alquot argued that the bench had liturgical uses as a mobile throne.The era of the gods of Kiboreia is not certain, as is their location which is not conclusively to be identified with Deir El Aachayer, but was possibly the Roman sanctuary or the name of a settlement in the area.It has been suggested that the name Kiboreia was formed from the Aramaic word "kbr", meaning a ""place of great abundance"".