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    Uronarti, a Nubian word meaning "Island of the King", is an island in the Nile just south of the Second Cataract in the north of Sudan. The primary importance...
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  • Another temple had been dedicated to him at the little-known fortress of Uronarti (near the Second Cataract of the Nile, specifically to the south of it)...
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    second cataract in Nubia. Ten of these seal impressions were found at Uronarti in close association with seal impressions of Sekhemrekhutawy Khabaw and...
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  • Kor Kumma Meinarti Island Qustul Semna Semna South Serra East Shalfak Uronarti Island Siwa Oasis Aghurmi el-Zeitun Gebel el-Mawta Qaret el-Musabberin...
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    erected massive river forts including Buhen, Semna, Shalfak and Toshka at Uronarti. He carried out at least four major campaigns into Nubia in his Years 8...
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    erected massive river forts including Buhen, Semna, Shalfak and Toshka at Uronarti to gain more control over the trade routes in Lower Nubia. They also provided...
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    Tubernuca Tubyza Tura, Egypt Uchi Maius Umm Ruweim Unfinished obelisk Uppenna Uronarti Usilla Uzinaza Vagada (Numidia) Vagal, Mauritania Vagalitanus Vageata Valley...
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    a cluster of four mud-brick fortresses: Semna, Kumma, Semna South and Uronarti — all covered by the waters of Lake Nasser since the completion of the...
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    expanded. That is why Shalfak, along with the forts of Buhen, Mirgissa, Uronarti, Askut, Dabenarti, Semna, and Kumma, was established within signalling...
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    northernmost of these. The other forts along the banks were Mirgissa, Shalfak, Uronarti, Askut, Dabenarti, Semna, and Kumma. The Kushites captured Buhen during...
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  • Son (of the Southern Region) under Amenhotep I (inscriptions in Semna, Uronarti). He served under Thutmose I according to inscriptions dating to year 1...
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    In Nubia, seals of Sheshi have been found in the Egyptian fortresses of Uronarti and Mirgissa and otherwise in Dakka, Kerma, Sayala, Aniba, Masmas, Faras...
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    Buhen Fort of Kubban, Nubia Semna fortification Kumma fort Aniba Fort Uronarti fort Mirgissa fort Shalfak fort Askut fort Senusret I-III seventeen south...
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    There have been over 1,000 execration deposits found, with sites at Semna, Uronarti, Mirgissa, Elephantine, Thebes, Balat, Abydos, Helwan, Saqqara, and Giza...
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  • with the early 13th Dynasty on the basis of an archaeological deposit at Uronarti where a seal-impression of this king was found together with impressions...
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    Mirgissa. Reference: Dows Dunham, George Andrew Reisner, Noel F Wheeler: Uronarti, Shalfak, Mirgissa, Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1967, p. 163 and 172 Percy...
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  • the Ꜣtw-[(n)-niw.t, Amen]y who is in the fortress opposing-[the-lunu (Uronarti)] (x+9) It is a communication to the master, l. [p.h., that] 4 Nehesy-women...
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    III in the region between the 2nd and 3rd cataracts, including Shalfak, Uronarti, Askut, Semna, Kumma, and Sumna South, Mirgissa was the largest of them...
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    11527). In Nubia, he is attested by 4 seal impressions from the fortress of Uronarti and one from the fortress of Mirgissa. The Turin canon does not mention...
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    Sardinia, Italy Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat, West Indies Uronarti Regional Archaeology Project, Sudan The Joukowsky Institute's publication...
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  • Egypt Uraeus Ure mummified cat's head Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums Uronarti Usekh collar User (ancient Egyptian official) Useramen Userhet Userkaf...
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