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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] ^ The 9 Bows were a generic collective of the 9 most hostile enemies of united Kmt, though not all them were foreign! Indeed depending on the time period, there were rebels from one or both of the Two Lands that make up Egypt therefore having either Ta-Shemau or Ta-Mehu on the list of 9 Bows is not unusual nor would it be some sort of error or mistake. So the figure labeled as Ta-Shemau is NOT Nubian but an Upper Egyptian and the figure Ta-Mehu is NOT Asiatic but an actual Lower Egyptian both are enemies of the crown and therefore state. [URL=http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/enemies.htm]The Enemies of Ancient Egypt[/URL] [i] The earliest depictions we have of Egyptian kings portray the motif of prostrate foreigners as a symbol of Egyptian supremacy over the rest of mankind. For example, the Narmer Palette shows the king in his efforts to rid the world of such aberrations as the "vile Asiatic". Here, we find the trampling of the "Nine Bows", as the Egyptian referred to their enemies, as a vivid embodiment of the king's supremacy over foreigners [b](and sometimes even other Egyptians)[/b]. The figure "nine" represented three times three, which was the "plurality of Pluralities", thus designating the entirety of all enemies.[/i] We went over this before, Lioness: [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=008478]Nine bows, Throne painting Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye at Tomb of Anen[/URL] [IMG]https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/nobles/kheru/photo/kherouef_tb_3310_3311.jpg[/IMG] There was another thread in which we discussed the members of the 9 Bows in the above picture. Hopefully someone can pull up the link but in the meanwhile here is another translation of the list (from right to left): 1. Haw-nbu (Island folk), 2. Satju (Nubians), 3. Ta-Shema (Upper Egyptians), 4. Skhtju-jm (Oasis Dwellers), 5. Ta-Mehu (Lower Egyptians), 6. Pdtju-Su (Eastern [desert] Archers), 7. Tehenu (Libyans), 8. Juntju-ztj (Nubians), 9. Mentiu nu-satet? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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