jsqꜣrnj

Egyptian

The word as it appears on the Merneptah Stele.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iskɑrɛni/

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Ashkelon
   • c. 1208 B.C.E., Merneptah Stele, Line 27:

     jnw jsqꜣrnj mḥw m qꜣḏꜣrꜣ ynwꜥmꜣ jr.w m tm wn

     Ashkelon is carried off, Gezer is seized, Yanoam is made nonexistent.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jsqꜣrnj  

jsqꜣnw	jsqꜣrwnꜣ	jsqꜣrwnꜣ	jsqꜣrnꜣ	jsqꜣrnꜣ	jsqrwn	jsqꜣrwnj
from the Execration Texts						alternative reading of the attestation on the Merneptah Stele

References

• Aḥituv, Shmuel (1984) “Ashkelon”, in Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, →ISBN, pages 69–71