Execration texts, also referred to as proscription lists, are ancient Egyptian hieratic texts, listing enemies of the pharaoh, most often enemies of the...
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Tel Hazor (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
king Ibni-Addu of Hazor is known. In Egypt, Hazor is mentioned in the execration texts. At Mari (Syria), on the Euphrates River, letters mention Hazor during...
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Anak (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
ʿŪj (the Arabic equivalent of Og) in Islamic tradition. The Egyptian Execration texts of the Middle Kingdom (2055-1650 BC) mention a list of political enemies...
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Curse tablet (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
centres for finds of Latin defixiones. In Ancient Egypt, so-called "Execration Texts" appear around the time of the 12th Dynasty, listing the names of enemies...
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Ascalon (category Articles containing uncoded-language text)
records is in the Egyptian Execration Texts from the time of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt (20th–19th centuries BCE). These texts were written on red pots...
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Anakim (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
of the Anakim mourning after the destruction of Gaza. The Egyptian Execration texts of the Middle Kingdom (2055-1650 BC) mention a list of political enemies...
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Ashteroth Karnaim (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
with Ashtaroth, a city mentioned in several Egyptian sources: the Execration texts, Amarna letters (mid-14th century BCE) and the campaign list of Ramesses...
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are from ANET and COS and link to editio princeps (EP), if known. Execration texts – earliest references to many Biblical locations Papyrus Brooklyn 35...
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Dan (ancient city) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia)
Egyptians cursed Laish in execration texts written during the Middle Kingdom (21st–17th century BCE), but the repetition in such texts of formulas from older...
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possessed an intricate pantheon in their own right. Due to the lack of Nubian texts and artifacts prior to their interactions with Egyptians, much of early...
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