Place:Egyptian stelae in the Levant

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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 An Egyptian stele Ramesses II, year 4 rock-stela, eroded 1697 in situ
An Egyptian stele Ramesses II, year 10 rock-stela, eroded 1697
An Egyptian stele Ramesses II rock-stela, eroded, vandalized in 1860/61 1697
Aadloun stele An Egyptian stele Ramesses II rock-stela, eroded since destroyed ? in situ, now destroyed
Al-Shaykh Saad An Egyptian stele Ramesses II complete, eroded 1891 (unknown) [2]
Tell Shihab An Egyptian stele Seti I Fragment 1901 Istanbul [3]
Byblos An Egyptian stele Ramesses II, year 4 Two fragments 1919 Beirut
Tell al-Nabi Mando An Egyptian stele Seti I Fragment 1921 Aleppo
Beisan steles An Egyptian stele Seti I Fragment 1921 Rockefeller Archeological Museum
An Egyptian stele Seti I, year 1 Complete 1923
An Egyptian stele Ramesses II, year 18 Complete 1923 Penn Museum
Ramesses II Two fragments 1923, 1925 Jerusalem and Penn Museum [4]
Tel Megiddo An Egyptian stele 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
An Egyptian stele Ramesses II Fragment prior to 1975
Al-Kiswah Ramesses II, year 56 Fragment 1994 Damascus
at-Turra Ramesses II Fragment 1999 in situ
Maydaa An Egyptian stele 2010 [8]

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ Smith, 1901, p. 347 ff
  4. ↑ https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/198551
  5. ↑ 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. 
  6. ↑ "OIC 4. The Excavation of Armageddon". https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oic/oic-4-excavation-armageddon. 
  7. ↑ 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. 
  8. ↑ 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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