The Egyptian Stelae in the Levant are the approximately 25 Ancient Egyptian stelae discovered in the Levant, today known as Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.[1] The most notable examples are the Stelae of Nahr el-Kalb and the Beisan steles.
Only five pharaohs are represented: Thutmosis III and his son Amenophis II (1479 - 1401 BC, both 18th dynasty), Seti I and his son Ramesses II and (1290 BC to 1213 BC, both 19th dynasty), and Shoshenq I (943–922 BC, 22nd dynasty).
List of known stelae
| Original location
|
Image |
Pharaoh / year |
Preservation |
Discovery date |
Current location
|
Ref.
|
| Stelae of Nahr el-Kalb
|
 |
Ramesses II, year 4 |
rock-stela, eroded |
1697 |
in situ
|
 |
Ramesses II, year 10 |
rock-stela, eroded |
1697
|
|
Ramesses II |
rock-stela, eroded, vandalized in 1860/61 |
1697
|
| Aadloun stele
|
 |
Ramesses II |
rock-stela, eroded since destroyed |
? |
in situ, now destroyed
|
|
| Al-Shaykh Saad
|
 |
Ramesses II |
complete, eroded |
1891 |
(unknown)
|
[2]
|
| Tell Shihab
|
 |
Seti I |
Fragment |
1901 |
Istanbul
|
[3]
|
| Byblos
|
|
Ramesses II, year 4 |
Two fragments |
1919 |
Beirut
|
|
| Tell al-Nabi Mando
|
 |
Seti I |
Fragment |
1921 |
Aleppo
|
|
| Beisan steles
|
 |
Seti I |
Fragment |
1921 |
Rockefeller Archeological Museum
|
|
 |
Seti I, year 1 |
Complete |
1923
|
|
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Ramesses II, year 18 |
Complete |
1923 |
Penn Museum
|
|
|
Ramesses II |
Two fragments |
1923, 1925 |
Jerusalem and Penn Museum
|
[4]
|
| Tel Megiddo
|
 |
Sheshonq I |
Fragment |
1925-29 |
Jerusalem
|
[5][6]
|
| Tell el-'Oreimeh
|
|
Thutmosis III or Amenophis II |
Fragment |
1928 |
Deganya
|
[7]
|
| Byblos
|
|
Thutmosis III (?) |
Fragment |
1933-38 |
Beirut
|
|
| Tyre
|
|
Seti I |
Two fragments |
1960s
|
|
|
Ramesses II |
Fragment |
1960s
|
|
 |
Ramesses II |
Fragment |
prior to 1975
|
|
| Al-Kiswah
|
|
Ramesses II, year 56 |
Fragment |
1994 |
Damascus
|
|
| at-Turra
|
|
Ramesses II |
Fragment |
1999 |
in situ
|
|
| Maydaa
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
[8]
|
See also
- Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II
- Tabnit sarcophagus
- Merneptah Stele
Bibliography
- Wimmer, Stefan Jakob (2002). "A New Stela of Ramesses II in Jordan in the Context of Egyptian Royal Stelae in the Levant". Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. doi:10.5282/UBM/EPUB.14236. https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/14236. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- Weinstein, James M. (1981). "The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: A Reassessment". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (American Schools of Oriental Research) (241): 1–28. doi:10.2307/1356708. ISSN 0003-097X. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1356708. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
References
- ↑ Wimmer, Stefan Jakob (2002). "A New Stela of Ramesses II in Jordan in the Context of Egyptian Royal Stelae in the Levant". Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. doi:10.5282/UBM/EPUB.14236. https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/14236. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ↑ Schumacher, G. (1891). "Der Hiobstein, Sachrat Eijub, im Hauran". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins (Deutscher verein zur Erforschung Palästinas) 14: 142–147. ISSN 2192-3124. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27928608. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ↑ Smith, 1901, p. 347 ff
- ↑ https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/198551
- ↑ Chapman III, Rupert L. (2009). "Putting Sheshonq I in his Place". Palestine Exploration Quarterly (Informa UK Limited) 141 (1): 4–17. doi:10.1179/174313009x387617. ISSN 0031-0328.
- ↑ "OIC 4. The Excavation of Armageddon". https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oic/oic-4-excavation-armageddon.
- ↑ Albright, W. F.; Rowe, Alan (1928). "A Royal Stele of the New Empire from Galilee". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (Egypt Exploration Society) 14 (3/4): 281–287. doi:10.1177/030751332801400157. ISSN 0307-5133. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3854305. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ↑ Lagarce, Bérénice (2010). "UNE STÈLE RAMESSIDE À MEYDAA (RÉGION DE DAMAS) ET LA PRÉSENCE ÉGYPTIENNE EN UPÉ". Syria (Institut Francais du Proche-Orient) 87 (87): 53–68. doi:10.4000/syria.652. ISSN 0039-7946. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41681330. Retrieved 2023-04-17. <
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