Fragment of Egyptian Royal Stela, Tel Kinrot
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The large fragment of a coarse basalt stela was discovered in 1928 at Tel Kinrot (Tell el-ʿOreimah, ancient Kinneret).
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Description
The irregular fragment measures some 27 cm x 18 cm with a thickness of 16 cm.
The stela was seemingly broken in antiquity and had been employed secondarily as a door socket.
Inscription
The stela preserved sections of four lines from an apparently royal hieroglyphic inscription:
x+1 ... m ...
x+2 ... sḏd.tw n=f wḏ-nsw ...
x+3 s[t] sʿš3.n=j 3ḫs.wt My-t-n mj nty nn wn=[f] ...
x+4 [ ... ] jrt.[n]=j ...
x+2 ... the royal decree was related to him ...
x+3 ... I have repelled the foreigners of Mittani - (they are) as those which never existed ...
x+4 ... that which I [have) done ...
Discussion
The inscription and erection of the original stela was early attributed to the period after the Eighth Campaign of Thutmose III, given its references to both Mittanian hostilities and the find-spot of Kinneret (№ 34 in the Karnak Topographical List of Thutmose III). A similarly good possibility, however, exists for dating the stela to the reign of Thutmose III's son and successor Amenhotep II [Weinstein 1981:14].
Bibliography
- Albright, William F. and Rowe, Alan [1928], “A Royal Stele of the New Empire from Galilee”, JEA 14 (1928), pp.281-287, pl.xxix.
- Weinstein, James M. [1981], “The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: A Reassessment”, BASOR 241 (1981), pp.1-28.
