Bordering Power
Reinterpreting Three First Cataract Inscriptions of King Merenra
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21220149 |
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| Authors | Oren Siegel (0000-0001-9025-1812, University of Toronto), Brendan Hainline (0000-0002-8040-8895, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Serena Nicolini (0000-0001-9005-9898, University of Bologna), Maria Carmela Gatto (0000-0002-8068-5390, University of Leicester) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Issue | 37 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Études et Travaux (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2084-6762 • E-ISSN: 2449-9579 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.12775/etudtrav.37.004 |
| OpenAlex | W4405847162 |
| Language | EN |
This paper reconsiders three royal inscriptions of King Merenra (Sixth Dynasty) in the region of the First Nile Cataract. They have long been known to scholars but have not received extensive treatment beyond translations. The inscriptions appear to be among the first explicit royal statements addressing the limits of Egyptian territory and the beginnings of foreign lands. The paper situates the inscriptions within more comprehensive scholarship related to border studies, the geographic setting of the First Cataract region, and the historical context of the late Old Kingdom. We argue these inscriptions provide key information about political border-making during this period
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Kingdom · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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