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Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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contributions ofwood which several of his subjects had to make to the King of Egypt (Bezold-Budge, Tell el-AmarnaTablets, No. 5, p. 12, 11. 27-29, and p. xxxv.). Some stringed instruments of music, and two or three kinds of flutes and flageolets, are designatedin Egyptian by names borrowed from some Semitic tongue—a fact which proves that they were im-ported (Anastasi Papyrus, No. 4, pi. xii. 1. 1, et seq.); the wooden framework of the harp, decoratedwith sculptured heads of Astarte, figures among the objects coming from Syria in the temple of theTheban Amon (Prisse, Hist, de VArt Egyplien, vol. ii. pi. 99) ; cf. the cut on p. 2So of the present work. ° Several names of arms borrowed from some Semitic dialect have been noticed in the texts ofthis period. The objects as well as the words must have been imported into Egypt, e.g. the quiver(Anaslasi Papyrus, No. 1, pi. xxv. 1. 7; Dujiichen, Ristorische Inschriften, vol. i. pi. iv. 1. 25), the THE RESOURCES AND DANGERS OF COMMERCE. 285
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THE BEAR AND ELEPHANT llItOLT.HT AS TlilUDTE IN THE TOMB OP IIAKHMIKl. chariots,^ dyed and embroidered stuffs,^ perfumes,* dried cakes, oil, wines ofKharu, liqueurs from Alasia, Khati, Singar, Naliaraim, Amurru, and beer fromQodi. On arriving at the frontier, whether by sea or by land, the majority sword and javelins used by tlie cbarioteers (Anaslasi Fajiyrus, No. 1, pi. xvii. 1. 1). Cuirasses andleathern jerkins are mentioned in the inscriptions of Thiitmosis III. (Annals, 11. 11, 41; Maspebo,Le r^cit de la campagne eontre Mageddo, in the Reciieil de Travaux, vol. ii. p. 47). Drawn by Faueher-Gudin, from a photograph of Prisso dAvenues sketch. Chariots plated with gold and silver iigure frequently amoug the spoils of Thiitmosis III.(Maspeko, R^cit de la campagne, etc., in the Recueil de Travaux, vol. ii. pp. 142-144, 14G, 147,149, 150; Annah. 11. 8-11, 34-42): the Anastasi rapyrug. No. 1, contains a detailed description ofSyrian chariots—Markabiiti—with a reference to tlie local

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