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Execration texts

Execration texts, also referred to as proscription lists, are ancient Egyptian hieratic texts, listing enemies of the pharaoh, most often enemies of the Egyptian state or troublesome foreign neighbors. The texts were most often written upon statuettes of bound foreigners, bowls, or blocks of clay or stone, which were subsequently destroyed. The…

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Old KingdomNew Kingdom6th dynastyGizaElephantine
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CanaanitePhoenician citiesAphekAcreLaish
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Sites where execration texts were found

SemnaUronartiThebesAbydosHelwan
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BibleKurt SetheSherds11th DynastyYvan Koenig
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Execration texts

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related to Bibliography · 82
Execration texts → Abhandlungen, Abraham, Alten, Amnon, Antike, Asie, August, Ben-Tor, Berlin, Bibellexikon, Brüssel, Cambridge University Press, Christoffer Theis, Continuum International Publishing Group, Das, December, Der, Die, Dinge, Do
related to Places mentioned · 14
Execration texts → Archaeological, BCE, Berlin, Brussels, Canaanite, Egyptian, From, MB, MB IIA, MB IIB, Phoenician, Places, The, The Berlin
related to Research · 13
Execration texts → BCE, Berlin, Bible, Brussels, Canaan, Dynasty, Georges Posener, Jerusalem, Kurt Sethe, Near Eastern, Phoenicia, The, These
related to Historical periods of execration texts · 11
Execration texts → Balat, BCE, Egypt's Old Kingdom, Elephantine, Execration, Giza, New Kingdom, Old Kingdom, Over, The, They
related to Beyond Egyptian borders · 10
Execration texts → Berlin, Brussels, Canaanite, Egyptians, Execration, Migrissa, Nubian, Segersenti, Syrian, Syro-Palestinian
related to Further reading · 10
Execration texts → Carina, Egyptian Execration Figurines, Harrassowitz, ISBN, Kühne-Wespi, Philippika, Time, Wandel, Wiesbaden, Zeit
related to Periods reflected in the texts · 9
Execration texts → Ben-Tor, Early Bronze Age, EB, He, It, MB, Middle Bronze Age, Middle Kingdom, Old Kingdom
related to Historical interpretation · 5
Execration texts → Because, Egypt, Egyptians, Ptolemaic, The
related to External links · 1
Execration texts → Egyptian Execration Texts

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Segersenti were mentioned in execration textsinstance ofand Migrissa groups contain curses targeting over 100 Syro-Palestinian kings and villages.Nubian kings0.80text
as well as over 200 other Nubian kings.Biblical connections to execration textsinstance ofand Migrissa groups contain curses targeting over 100 Syro-Palestinian kings and villages.Nubian kings0.80text
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersExecration0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersEgyptians0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersCanaanite0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersSyrian0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersBerlin0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersBrussels0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersMigrissa0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersSyro-Palestinian0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersNubian0.60section
Execration textsrelated to Beyond Egyptian bordersSegersenti0.60section

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