'... Then Pirḥi Did Some Unseemly Deeds in My Land and Slew his Lord' (EA 17:12-14): The Phenomenon of Murder as Reflected in the El-Amarna Archive

This article examines the practice of murder as documented in the fourteenth-century BCE Egyptian El-Amarna archive in light of studies of the phenomenon from a modern social science perspective. Defined as the deliberate taking of someone’s life, the act may be expressive (i.e., prompted by high em...

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Main Author: Breier, Idan 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2020
In: Ancient Near Eastern studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 57, Pages: 29-51
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