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Beth - Shan
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(Continuation of extracts, p. 9. of the publ. Beth-Shan)
Next objects in order of date at B. Sh. belong to the Hyksos era, comprise inscribed jar handle & many scarabs. In These found various graves & ! var. levels on tell, all dating to periods later than that of Hyksos. Hyksos about 1675 entered Eg. Driven out by Ahmosis I (1580-1557), remnants of them destroyed by Thoutmosis III (1501- 1447). when about 1479 he crushed canaanite & syrian tribes at Megiddo.
City levels. Late Bronze (after defeat at Megiddo 1479, prob. Thouthmosis III sent part of army to take Beth-Shan") as referred in both Karnak lists Scarabs of Th. III & Hatshepsut found in diff. levels on the tell.
For the objects see Quart. Stat. PEF 1928
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain