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The Israel Stela
JE 31408 (CG 34025) Cairo Antiquities Museum
Material: Grey Granite
Size: Height 318 cm; Width 163 cm; Depth 31 cm
Location: West of Thebes, Funerary Temple of Merneptah
Excavation: W.M.F. Petrie's Excavations of 1896
Period: 19th Dynasty, Reign of Merneptah (1224-1214
BC)
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This stela ranks as one of the best known, and in some
respects, one of the most important discovered in
ancient Egypt. It once stood in the first courtyard of
the funerary temple of Merneptah,
the son of Ramesses
the Great. The material for it was reused from one
of Amenhotep
III's funerary monuments, and only used the
reverse side, leaving intact the text of Amenhotep III.
The side used by Merneptah lists a number of enemies
that Merneptah claims victory over, but significantly
includes the earliest mention of the nation of
Israel.
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