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Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II, translated with explanatory notes (SAOC 12)
William F. Edgerton, John A. Wilson, 1936. University of Chicago Press, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 12.
English translation of the historical inscriptions of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. The Year 8 inscription (Plate 46, p. 53) says that the foreign countries "made a conspiracy in their isles", that no land could stand before them "from Hatti, Kode, Carchemish, Yereth, and Yeres on", and names the confederation as the Peleset, Theker, Shekelesh, Denyen and Weshesh.
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The primary Egyptian account of the Sea Peoples.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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Edgerton, W. F., & Wilson, J. A. (1936). Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II, translated with explanatory notes (SAOC 12). University of Chicago Press, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 12. https://archive.org/details/saoc-12.-historical-records-of-ramses-iii.-the-texts-in-medinet-habu-volumes-1-a
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Edgerton, William F. and John A. Wilson. “Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II, translated with explanatory notes (SAOC 12).” University of Chicago Press, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 12 (1936).