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Sebek khu Stele

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Material
  
Limestone

Discovered
  
1901 Abydos, Egypt

Present location
  
Manchester Museum

Created
  
c.1880-1840 BC

Discovered by
  
John Garstang

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Writing
  
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

The Sebek-khu Stele, also known as the Stele of Khu-sobek, is an inscription in honour of a man named Sebek-khu (Khu-sobek) who lived during the reign of Senusret III (reign: 1878 – 1839 BC) discovered by John Garstang in 1901 outside Khu-sobek's tomb at Abydos, Egypt, and now housed in the Manchester Museum.

The text is largely about Khu-sobek's life, and is historically important because it records the earliest known Egyptian military campaign in Canaan (or elsewhere in Asia). The text reads "Then Sekmem fell, together with the wretched Retenu", where Sekmem (s-k-m-m) is thought to be Shechem.

References

Sebek-khu Stele Wikipedia