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157b: The Hittites vs Ay and Horemheb

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Dominic Perry

Horemheb and Hatti. In the days of King Ay (and Tutankhamun before him) conflicts in Canaan and Syria remained a constant issue. In recent years, scholars have uncovered more information about these events and people. Horemheb, the Overseer of the Overseers of the Troops (aka the General of Generals) seems to have dealt, and fought, with Hittite forces. The records are fragmentary, but the clues are intriguing... Episode details:<ul><li>Date: c.1334 BCE (debated).</li><li>Kings: Tutankhamun and Ay (debated).</li><li>Episode logo: Foreigners praising the cartouche of Ay, from a piece of gold foil discovered in the Valley of the Kings. Image edited for clarity.</li><li>Music: Ancient rendition of "The Eve of the War," adapted by Luke Chaos <a href="https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos</a>.</li><li>Music: "War Song of Horus and Sekhmet," by Jeffrey Goodman <a href="http://www.jeffreygoodmanmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jeffreygoodmanmusic.com</a>.</li><li>Additional music interludes by Luke Chaos <a href="https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos</a>.</li><li>References and additional information at <a href="www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com</a>.</li></ul> <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Warlords of the Late Bronze Age. In the days of King Ay (and Tutankhamun before him) conflicts in Canaan and Syria remained a constant issue. In recent years, scholars have uncovered more information about these events and people. Horemheb, the Overseer of the Overseers of the Troops (aka the General of Generals) seems to have dealt, and fought, with Hittite forces. The records are fragmentary, but the clues are intriguing...

Episode details:

 Date: c.1334 BCE (debated).

 Kings: Tutankhamun and Ay (debated).

 Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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 Episode logo: Foreigners praising the cartouche of Ay, from a piece of gold foil discovered in the Valley of the Kings. Image edited for clarity.

 Music: Ancient rendition of "The Eve of the War," adapted by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos.

 Music: "War Song of Horus and Sekhmet," by Jeffrey Goodman www.jeffreygoodmanmusic.com.

 Additional music interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos.

Select Bibliography:

T. Bryce, The Kingdom of the Hittites (New Edition edn, New York, 2005).

T. Bryce, The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire (London, 2009).

T. R. Bryce, ‘The Death of Niphururiya and Its Aftermath’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 76 (1990), 97–105.

K. M. Bryson, ‘The Reign of Horemheb: History, Historiography, and the Dawn of the Ramesside Era’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2018).

H. Güterbock, ‘The Deeds of Suppiluliuma as Told by His Son, Mursili II’, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 10 (1956), 41–68, 75–98, 107–30.

G. T. Martin, Tutankhamun’s Regent: Scenes and Texts from the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb (EES Excavation Memoir 111; London, 2016).

G. T. Martin, The Memphite Tomb of Ḥoremḥeb, Commander-in-Chief of Tutʻankhamūn, 1 (London, 1989).

G. T. Martin, The Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries From the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great (London, 1991).

J. L. Miller, ‘Amarna Age Chronology and the Identity of Nibxururiya in the Light of a Newly Reconstructed Hittite Text’, Altorientalische Forschungen 34 (2007), 252–93.

J. L. Miller, ‘The Rebellion of Ḫatti’s Syrian Vassals and Egypt’s Meddling In Amurru’, Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici (2008), 533—554.

W. L. Moran, The Amarna Letters (Baltimore, 1992).

W. J. Murnane, The Road to Kadesh: A Historical Interpretation of the Battle Reliefs of King Sety I at Karnak (Chicago, 1985).

W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995).

Z. Simon, ‘Kann Armā mit Haremhab gleichgesetzt werden?’, Altorientalische Forschungen 36 (2009), 340—348.
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