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Authors: Oren Siegel, Brendan Hainline, Serena Nicolini, Maria Carmela Gatto   |   Pages: 75–99     DOI: 10.12775/EtudTrav.37.004


 

Abstract

This paper reconsiders three royal inscriptions of King Merenra (Sixth Dynasty) in the region of the First Nile Cataract. They have long been known to scholars but have not received extensive treatment beyond translations. The inscriptions appear to be among the first explicit royal statements addressing the limits of Egyptian territory and the beginnings of foreign lands. The paper situates the inscriptions within more comprehensive scholarship related to border studies, the geographic setting of the First Cataract region, and the historical context of the late Old Kingdom. We argue these inscriptions provide key information about political border-making during this period.

 

 

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