Door Jamb

29-107-957

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-107-957
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Room 1096, level VI (late)
Period Iron Age IB
Date Made 1150-1000 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Description

Fragment of door jamb with 2 vertical columns of hieroglyphs.

Rowe: "In the Late Seti level in 1926, we found in a room just to the north of the Seti temple, a part of a door-jamb (?) inscribed in hieroglyphs as follows: 'Praises be to thee, O beautiful one (ie, the sun god), who possesseth everlastingness...thou didst fashion the Nile...' "

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 26-8-163 - Field No SF

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