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DOI: 10.1163/24685631-12340001
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Andrea Manzo
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This paper would like to represent a first step in the

direction of a more systematic and articulated study
of the weapons and their meaning at Kerma and in
the ancient Upper Nubian kingdom of Kush in the
late 3rd–mid-2nd millennium BC. The main types of
weapons recorded at Kerma and in other Kerma
sites are described, their diachronic and synchronic
distribution is outlined. The problem of their origin is
discussed, as well as the social meaning that
weapons may have had in Upper Nubia. The
importance of military ideology and of weapons in the
Kerma society is suggested, as well as their role in
the identity building of the kingdom of Kush. Finally,
the contribution that the study of weapons can
provide for getting a more complete knowledge of the
relations between Kush and Egypt is dealt with too.

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... quant aux tombes féminines, elles sont toutes munies

d'un bâton, évoquant un accessoire courant dans les
sociétés pastorales, qui peut servir de bâton de berger,
mais peut aussi être utilisé durant des cérémonies, des
danses, ou même être employé comme arme de
combat. Deux études ont récemment mis l'accent sur
l'omniprésence de l'armement dans la nécropole royale
de Kerma(Hafsaas- Tsakos, 2013 ; manzo, 2016) . Elles
se sont surtout concentrées sur les armes en bronze
(poignards, dagues, pointes de lance) et sur quelques
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les casse-têtes. ...

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the finds and proposing interpretations with varying
degrees of success (Hafsaas-Tsakos 2013; Manzo
2016) . The first concerned the daggers and swords,
based on original models imported from Egypt, without
being able to assess the importance of archery. ...

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