"The Merneptah Stele—also known as the Israel Stele or Victory Stele of Merneptah—is an inscription by the Ancient Egyptian king Merneptah (reign:1213 to 1203 BC) discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1896 at Thebes, and now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.[1][2]
The text is largely an account of Merneptah's victory over the Libyans
and their allies, but the last few lines deal with a separate campaign
in Canaan,
then part of Egypt's imperial possessions, and include the first
probable instance of the name "Israel" in the historical record."
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