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Stela of Merneptah
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The (foreign) chieftains lie prostrate, saying “Peace.” Not one lifts his head among the Nine Bows. Libya is captured, while Hatti is pacified. Canaan is plundered, Ashkelon is carried off, and Gezer…

Places:

Thebes, Egypt (Luxor, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1208 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Ethnography, Violence

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Stone with rounded top with drawing of six figures wielding weapons and Egyptian hieroglyphic writing in rows.