Bubastite Portal

The Bubastite Portal gate is located in Karnak, within the Precinct of Amun-Re temple complex, between the temple of Ramesses III and the second pylon. It records the conquests and military campaigns in c.925 BC of Shoshenq I, of the Twenty-second Dynasty. Shoshenq has been identified with the biblical Shishaq, such that the relief is also known as the Shishak Inscription or Shishaq Relief.
History.
This gate was erected by the kings of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the "Bubastite Dynasty". It is located to the south-east side of the Temple of Ramesses III.
Although Karnak had been known to Europeans since the end of the Middle Ages, the possible significance of the Bubastite Portal was not apparent prior to the decipherment of hieroglyphics. Jean-François Champollion visited Karnak in 1828, six years after his publication of the Rosetta Stone translation. In his letters he wrote:
Description.
One facade shows King Sheshonq I, Teklot and Osorkon of the 22nd dynasty, making offerings to the gods and goddesses. Another scene shows Sheshonq grasping a group of captives by the hair and smiting them by his mace. Behind and below him, there are the names of Canaanite towns in several rows. Many of these are lost, but originally there were 156 names and one of the most interesting names which were mentioned is 'The Field of Abram' . The inscriptions give no details for this expedition and mentioned only the victory over the Asiatics.
Transliterations and translations.
Below is a translation of the 156 names on the inscription.
Section One.
<poem>
Row I - Listing of the Nine bows
1. tirsy- Southern Land (i.e. Upper Egypt) 
2. ti mhw = Northern Land (i.e. Lower Egypt) 
3. iwn.tiw = Tribesmen 
4. thnw = Libyans 
5. sht[-iimw\ - Sekhet[-Iam] 
6. mn[.tiw] = Beduin 
7. pd[.tiwswi\= Bow[men of the feather] 
8. Sit = Upper Nubia 
9. /tf[.wwi]
Section Two - Coastal plain, Shephelah, Meggido plain and Jezreel plain.
<poem>
10. mi.ti Tr.f] = Copy of the [scroll]
11. St 1
12. m[ ]i[] = Makkedah
13. rbt = Rubate
Row II
14. r<7i*/ = Ta'anach
15. Snmi = Shunem
16. btSnri = Beth-Shean
17. r#H = Rehob
18. hprmi = Hapharaim
19. idrm = Adoraim (unknown locality in Israelite Kingdom, different from Adoraim in Judah) 
20. destroyed
21. Swd
22. mhnm - Mahanaim
23. <7&<7i = Gibeon
24. bthwrn = Beth-Horon
25. qdtm = Kiriath-jearim or Gath-Gittaim
26. iywrn = Aijalon
Row III
27. mkdi = Megiddo
28. Wr = Adar
29. ydhmrk = Yad Hammelek
30. [ ]rr
31. hinm = Henam
32. c rn = Aruna
33. brm = Borim
34. ddptr = Giti-Padalla
35. y[]h[]m = Yehem
36. bfrm = Beth 'Olam
37. kqr
38. £/* = Socoh
39. bttp = Beth-Tappuah
Row IV
40. ibri 
41. [ ]htp
42. destroyed
43. destroyed
44. destroyed
45. btdb[ ]
46. nbk[ ]
47. [ ]/[ ]
48. destroyed
49. destroyed
50. destroyed
51. [ \ssd[\
52. destroyed
Row V
53. [p]nir = Penuel
54. hdSt
55. pktt / pi-wr-ktt
56. idmi = Adam
57. dmrm = Zemaraim
58. [ ]</r = Migdol
59. [ ]/tf/ = Tirzah
60. [ ]/ir
61. [ l/[] 
62. destroyed 
63. destroyed 
64. [ ]#m 
65. pi- r mq = The Valley
</poem>
Section Three - Negev area.
<poem>
Row VI
66. r W/ = Ezem / Umm el-Azam
67. inr
68. pihqri = the fort
69. ftiSi = Photis
70. irhrr = Jehallel / El-Hallal
71. plhqri
72. ibrm
73. Sbrt = stream
74. ngbry = of (Ezion-)Geber
75. Sbrt = stream
76. wrkt
77. pihqri
78. n c dyt
79. dd[ ]/
80. dpqi = Sapek
81. m[Vl 1
82. tp[ ]
Row VII
83. gnit
84. /?4ng6 = TheNegev
85. r dht
86. tSdnw
87. pi hqr[t]
88. Snyi
89. he/
90. pi ng[b] = The Neg[ev]
91. whtwrk[ ]
92. pi ngb = The Negev
93. tfM'l
94. plhgri
95. hnnl 
96. pihgri 
97. irqd = El-Gad 
98. [id\mmt 
99. hnni
Row VIII
100. Wr/ = Adar
101. plhgri 
102. [trw]n 
103. hydbi = Highlands/Hilltop
104. 5rnrm = Shaaraim
105. [ ]y[ ] = Highlands/Hilltop
106. djwꜣtי = Juttah
107. hqrm 
108. r rd/r = Arad
109. [rbt] = Great 
110. r r<// = Arad 
111. nbtr
112. yrhm = Yeroham 
113. [ 1/
114. destroyed 
115. destroyed 
116. /rf[r]/
Row IX
117. [idr ] = Addar
118. [bi\ 
119. [M 
120. [ ]ryk 
121. frtmi = Peleth 
122. \i\br
123. brrd 
124. bfnt = Beth-Anath 
125. Srhn = Sharuhen 
126. irmtn = El-mattan 
127. g/ri = Goren 
128. idmm
129. [ lr/j/ 
130. [ ]r 
131. mr[ ] 
132. irr[ ]
133. yd 1
Row X
134. destroyed 
135. destroyed 
136. destroyed 
137. destroyed 
138. destroyed 
139. yrhm = Yehoram 
140. /<rt = Onam
141. destroyed 
142. [ ]g[ ] 
143. destroyed 
144. destroyed 
145. m[k ] 
146. i[]d[r ] 
147. destroyed 
148. destroyed 
149. [ ]3
150. yrdn
Row X extension
la. Srdd
2a. rph = Raphiah 
3a. r&n = Laban
4a. c ngrn 
5a. hm
</poem>
Biblical narrative.
The Biblical narrative recounts:
 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishaq king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt— Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the LORD, 'You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishaq.'" Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous." When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishaq. Nevertheless, they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."
So Shishaq king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house. He took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made, and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard came and carried them and brought them back to the guardroom. And when he humbled himself the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, conditions were good in Judah.
The account of Shishak carrying off treasures from Jerusalem is thought by some scholars to be of dubious historicity; see .