Balu'a Stele

The Balu'a Stele is a basalt stele (inscribed stone) with a near completely unreadable Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription and relief panel. It was discovered in 1930 at the Khirbet al-Balu'a site north of the city of Karak and is thought to date to 1309–1151 BCE.^[1] The finding site is on the territory of the land of Moab, but the ethnical identity of the person who has carved it cannot be asserted.^[2] The iconography contains Canaanite elements, while the overall composition strictly conforms to Egyptian canons.^[2] It has been interpreted as representing two deities investing a Canaanite king, whom Egyptians would have seen as "Asiatic" and probably Shasu.^[2]

Al-Balu' Stele
Al-Balu' Stele on display at the Jordan Museum
Material	Basalt
Writing	Egyptian language[1]
Created	1309–1151 BCE[1]
Discovered	1930
Present location	Jordan Museum