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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, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

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Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Stone with rounded top with drawing of six figures wielding weapons and Egyptian hieroglyphic writing in rows.
A Prayer (?) from Kuntillet Ajrud
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[ . . . May] He lengthen their days and may they be sated . . . recount to YHWH of Teman and His asherah . . . [ . . . because(?)] YHWH of the Teman, has shown them(?) favor, has bettered their da[ys…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Prayer & liturgy, Gravestones & tombs

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs