Liminal People(s) in the Late Bronze Age Levant? A New Light on Sherden ( šerdanu )

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ID21242644
AuthorsJana Mynářová (0000-0002-8213-8788, Charles University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue2
Pages285-304
Publication date2022-11-25
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ancient Near Eastern History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2328-9554 • E-ISSN: 2328-9562
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/janeh-2021-0010
OpenAlexW4292454829
LanguageEN
References cited17

This article focuses on issues related to political liminality in the environment of the Levant in the Late Bronze Age. It first defines the term and then identifies key population groups that can be considered politically liminal. The main focus is on the so-called Sherden (Akk. šerdanu , širdanu ), a group of persons and individuals, which are found in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian sources spanning several centuries during the second half of the second half of the second millennium BCE. Whether as incoming enemies or as individuals settled on Egyptian soil, they represent one of the key phenomena of the Egyptian New Kingdom. But who were the Sherden and how did their role in the ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian societies change over time

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Ethnology · Geography · Liminality · Neanderthal · Population · Sociology · Southern Levant · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Demography · History · Ecology

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