By Donald Bruce Redford
Thutmose III's (15th c. B.C.) compatible and brilliant new coverage lay the foundation for Egypt's empire in Syria and Palestine. major resource of our wisdom in this formative interval stems from the so-called Annals of this king within the internal chambers of the nice Karnak temple of Amun. half One incorporates a new collation of those Annals, in addition to a hand-copy of the inscription, textual research and statement. partially the reader will locate new translations including statement on extra assets referring to the wars: the king's speeches, royal encomia, and personal biographies. the quantity concludes with an old remark, and areas the wars of their historic context. A complete, illuminating and available overview of Egypt's coverage in Syria and Palestine.
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Commands were issued to the]183 troop commanders184 to draw up [their squads and let] every [man know] his position. They surveyed185 [this] to[wn], (which was) surrounded by a ditch and enclosed by leafy woods of all sorts of their fruit trees, while His Majesty himself was at the fort east186 of this town, stationed (there) and [on watch] (92) [over it day and night . . nearly 2 meters . . Construction of a block-house provided] with a sturdy circumvallation [. . 54 cm. . . ’ Posting people for sentry duty at His Majesty’s fortified camp, with the word: ‘Steady!
Edel, “Die Ortsnamenlisten in den Tempeln von Aksha, Amarah und Soleb im Sudan,” BN 11 (1980), 72. - : 17 event when Egyptian arms had been carried as far north as Aleppo and the Euphrates, Qode as a northern limit might have suggested itself. On the other hand, it was probably during this period that formal Mitannian influence under Parattarna, had extended to north Syria and Kizzuwadna;102 and, if Mitanni were ultimately the promoter of Kadesh, Qode might well have felt constrained to contribute to the force at Megiddo.
185 Cf. -C. Grimal, La Stèle troimphale de Pi(ankh)y au musée de Caire (Cairo, 1981), 17 n. 40. 186 Or “eastern fort of . ” 181 32 This pericope occasions difficulties in interpretation through (a) indeterminate verbal forms, (b) lacunae, (c) apparent repetition. The instructions to the men and the use of ¢3i “to measure,” suggest that what follows will be the record of the construction of siege works. The “ditch” and ¢t w3≈, which might be rendered “pallisade,” seem to satisfy this expectation.