Door Jamb
29-107-957
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| 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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