It is the second – and last – known Egyptian reference to Canaan, coming more than 300 years after the preceding known inscription.

[6] The statue is made of black basalt and measures 30.5 x 10.25 x 11.5 cm, and was created in the Middle Kingdom period to commemorate a government vizier.

Scholars believe that a millennium later the original inscription was erased and replaced with inscriptions on the front and back representing "Pa-di-iset, son of Apy" and worshipping the gods Osiris, Horus, and Isis.

[7] The inscriptions read: Ka of Osiris: Pa-di-iset, the justified, son of Apy.

The only renowned one, the impartial envoy of Philistine Canaan, Pa-di-iset, son of Apy.