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. 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 (1290 BC to 1213 BC) and his son Ramesses II, both 19th dynasty; and Shoshenq I (943–922 BC), 22nd dynasty.
List of known stelae Original location Image Pharaoh / year Preservation Discovery date Current locationRef. Stelae of Nahr el-Kalb Ramesses II, year 4 rock-stela, eroded 1697 in situ Ramesses II, year 10 rock-stela, eroded 1697 Ramesses II rock-stela, eroded, vandalized in 1860/61 1697 Aadloun stele Ramesses II rock-stela, eroded since destroyed ? in situ, now destroyed Al-Shaykh Saad Ramesses II complete, eroded 1891 (unknown) Tell Shihab Seti I Fragment 1901 IstanbulSmith, 1901, p. 347 ff Byblos Ramesses II, year 4 Two fragments 1919 Beirut Tell al-Nabi Mando Seti I Fragment 1921 Aleppo Beisan steles Seti I Fragment 1921 Rockefeller Archeological Museum Seti I, year 1 Complete 1923 Ramesses II, year 18 Complete 1923 Penn Museum Ramesses II Two fragments 1923, 1925 Jerusalem and Penn Museum https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/198551 Tel Megiddo Sheshonq I Fragment 1925-29 Jerusalem Tell el-'Oreimeh Thutmosis III or Amenophis II Fragment 1928 Deganya Byblos Thutmosis III (?) Fragment 1933-38 Beirut Tyre Seti I Two fragments 1960s Ramesses II Fragment 1960s Ramesses II Fragment prior to 1975 Al-Kiswah Ramesses II, year 56 Fragment 1994 Damascus at-Turra Ramesses II Fragment 1999 in situMaydaa 2010
See also Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II Tabnit sarcophagus Merneptah Stele
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