‘War Cry’ or War Atrocity? A Note on Sinuhe B 140

• Autores: Scott Morschauser
• Localización: Journal of egyptian archaeology, ISSN 0307-5133, Vol. 104, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 99-101
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Virtually all translators render wd.n=i išnn ḥr i3t=f in Sinuhe B 140 as ‘I raised a/my war/victory cry (išnn) over the back’ of the nḫtw of Retenu. The author argues instead that išnn is an imperfective participial form derived from the verb šni, ‘to conspire/curse’, with the verbal noun being a term of execration applied to the rebellious nḫtw. Sinuhe’s action of ‘putting’ (wdi) the condemned conspirator (išnn) ‘on his back’ points to the victor’s display of his disgraced opponent’s corpse.