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… continuation Beth - Shan The City levels of the Late Br. are not not yet published only partially, but what has been said by A. Rowe allows one to note a stratigraphic break and chron. after the level of the temple of Amenophis III & IV. (City VIII) Prob. cont. with the destr. of Ugarit 1365 ( " before death of Am. IV in 1358, Palestin had passed entirely out of hand Egypt. control until time of Seti I founder of city VI (Seti I: 1313-1292). Pal. reconquered by Seti I in first year of his reign, at Beth Shan erected a fort & tempel : Team of temple & fort of which it formed integral part - fixed by faience cartouche of Ramses I (1315-1314) father of Seti I. Campagne began prob. during coregence of S. I and Ramses I. — Erected stele (S. I) mentioning his conquest of Beth Shan, Hama & Yenoam. Seti level in two sub - levels, 2nd to Ramses II. - For the period of the invasi Sea Peoples, B. Sh. provides diff. indications, unfortunately insuff. published.
Same interruption observed in the succession of the 4 temples: G. M. Fitzgerald, The Four Canaanite Temples of Beth-Shan, 1930. Part II, The Pottery. After Pre-Amenophis III level & Amenophis III level jumps to
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65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain