Merneptah Stele

E554320
ancient Egyptian stele royal monument victory inscription

The Merneptah Stele is an ancient Egyptian victory inscription from the reign of Pharaoh Merneptah, famous for containing the earliest known extrabiblical reference to Israel.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cairo JE 31408 (Merneptah Stele) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian stele ⓘ
royal monument ⓘ
victory inscription ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Israel Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victory Stele of Merneptah NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karnak temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Merneptah NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Egyptian royal ideology ⓘ
currentLocation Egyptian Museum in Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfCreation circa 1208 BCE ⓘ
depicts Pharaoh Merneptah honoring the god Amun ⓘ
discoveredBy Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredIn 1896 ⓘ
famousFor earliest known extrabiblical reference to Israel ⓘ
genre historical inscription ⓘ
royal propaganda ⓘ
height approximately 3 meters ⓘ
inscriptionForm poetic hymn ⓘ
triumphal text ⓘ
inscriptionType commemorative stele ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
mainSubject campaigns in Canaan ⓘ
defeat of Libyans ⓘ
military victories of Merneptah ⓘ
peoples of the Levant ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
mentions Ashkelon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gezer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libyans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sea Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yanoam NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Merneptah NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLocation Temple of Merneptah at Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDiscovery Temple of Merneptah at Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignOf Merneptah NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionContext Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
significance earliest known Egyptian reference to Israel as a people ⓘ
key source for late 13th century BCE Levantine history ⓘ
timePeriod 19th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flinders Petrie → notableDiscovery → Merneptah Stele ⓘ
Merneptah → notableWork → Merneptah Stele ⓘ
Merneptah → knownFor → Merneptah Stele ⓘ
Merneptah → associatedArtifact → Merneptah Stele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cairo JE 31408 (Merneptah Stele)