entity · people_merneptah_israel
Israel in the Merneptah Stele
Also known as: ysryꜣr / Israel
A population called Israel in Merneptah's victory text, treated as a source-specific late-thirteenth-century designation.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
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1210 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Israel in the Merneptah Stela — Michael G. Hasel (1994)Supports reading Israel as a people in Canaan while leaving exact location and social scale uncertain.
Locator: Merneptah Stela Israel line and determinative discussion
Research description
A population called Israel in Merneptah's victory text, treated as a source-specific late-thirteenth-century designation. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Ancient external designation
A name applied by an outside ancient source to a group, place, or polity.
Why does this record have this property?
Merneptah's Israel is a name used by an Egyptian royal source, not a recovered self-description.
- Israel in the Merneptah Stela
provides primary evidence · Israel line and determinative
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Israel in the Merneptah Stela — Michael G. Hasel (1994)Supports reading Israel as a people in Canaan while leaving exact location and social scale uncertain.
Locator: Merneptah Stela Israel line and determinative discussion
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity