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Beth-Shan
Loose sheet laid across left page and left part of right page, written sideways:
Alan Rowe, The Topography and History of Beth-Shan. Phil. 1930 levels I to IX of the period 1500 A. D. to Late Canaanite (1600-1200).
Before these levels is mentioned: p. 9. graves of Middle Canaanite period (2000-1600) with tombs = Gzr. a circular subterranean chamber wth small passage leading to it. Entrances blocked by rough stones. Bodies after crouch. in position In one of the graves pottery of type : pl. 15/1). + long pointed javelins heads of bronze, twisted kind of hook. No foreign objects. A beautiful amethyst scarab dating to somewhere about same period as these graves was found in No IX city level in 1927 ; this bore name of Sesostris I of XIIth dyn. (1970-1935), came from inner sanctuary of god Mekal.
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continued Beth-Shan The City levels of Br. Rec. are not not yet published only partially,. but what has been said by A. Rowe allows. to note a stratigraphic break and at the beginning of the time (City VIII) I. Prob. cont. ant 1365 (« before 58, Palestine had l of hand Egypt. nce of Seti I Seti I : 1313-1292). d by Seti I in first t Beth Shan erected : Town of temple o d integral part = cartouche of Ramses of Seti I . Campaign coregency of S. I
) mentioning sa Shan , Hama x
sub-level, 2nd period of the sovereigns provides various indical insuff. published .
tue observed in the pels: G. M. Fitzgerald, e Temple of Beth-Shan, ttery After Pre-Amenophis his III level skips to
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