Mentju
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Mentju Mnṯjw (Northeastern) Ancient Egyptian Bedouin |
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Mentju (also Mentiu ) referred to one of the nine-arch peoples in the Egyptian language . In the lists of nine-arch peoples from Tanis and Tebtynis , among others , the neighboring region “ Mentju-nu-Setjet ” is assigned the synonyms “the land of the Syrians ” and “Syrians” in an additional declaration .
The "Mentju" region referred to the desert areas in northeastern Egypt, which lay before the transition to the Sinai Peninsula .
literature
- Jürgen Osing : Hieratic papyri from Tebtunis I. 2 volumes. Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 1998, ISBN 8-7728-9280-3 , p. 254.
- Joachim Friedrich Quack : The problem of the Hausnebut . In: Robert Rollinger , Andreas Luther , Josef Wiesehöfer : Separate ways? Communication, space and perceptions in the old world. (Historikertag 2004 in Kiel and conference in Innsbruck in 2005 on the topic of "Cultural Encounter Patterns Beyond the Levant"). Antike, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-938032-14-5 , pp. 331–362.