entity · text_merneptah_victory_stele
Merneptah Victory Stele
Also known as: Israel Stele, Cairo JE 31408
Egyptian royal victory hymn containing the earliest widely accepted external attestation of Israel.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1210 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Israel in the Merneptah Stela — Michael G. Hasel (1994)Provides philological analysis and cautions.
Locator: Israel line, determinative, and geographic sequence
Research description
Egyptian royal victory hymn containing the earliest widely accepted external attestation of Israel. The text is evidence for its own date, genre, and reception; any event or identity inference is modeled separately.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Israel in the Merneptah Stela — Michael G. Hasel (1994)Provides philological analysis and cautions.
Locator: Israel line, determinative, and geographic sequence
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity