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40: 176:"I brought back in great numbers those that my sword has spared, with their hands tied behind their backs before my horses, and their wives and children in tens of thousands, and their livestock in hundreds of thousands. I imprisoned their leaders in fortresses bearing my name, and I added to them chief archers and tribal chiefs, branded and enslaved, tattooed with my name, their wives and children being treated in the same way." 1613: 207:
which returned with precious stones. Improving the quality of life of the ordinary Egyptian he had trees planted for shade, he protected women so they might go freely wherever they wanted, and, when Egypt was at peace, its foreign mercenaries lived with their families in garrison towns. Overall, he
1496: 291:"Birch, Samuel [Editor]: Facsimile of an Egyptian Hieratic papyrus of the reign of Ramses III, now in the British Museum: [bekannt unter dem Namen. Der große Papyrus Harris] (London, 1876)" 406: 565: 1671: 1676: 1701: 485: 1501: 1312: 1716: 1414: 810: 1491: 1711: 1696: 1122: 725: 505: 500: 183:, Ramesses III's father and predecessor, restored order and stability to Egypt after a time of internal civil conflict, expelling Asiatic followers of 1195: 1017: 1553: 1022: 683: 633: 354: 1576: 1037: 1596: 1591: 1586: 1517: 274: 1205: 1721: 997: 653: 593: 1706: 580: 199:
and settled them in the western Nile delta. His economic activities included the digging of a great well at Ayan, an expedition to
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text of the papyrus consists of a list of temple endowments and a brief summary of the entire reign (1186–1155 BC) of
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is the 1876 "Facsimile of an Egyptian Hieratic papyrus of the reign of Ramses III" published by the British Museum.
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was convinced of having greatly bettered the lot of all inhabitants of Egypt, natives or foreigners.
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quoted in Loprieno, Antonio. "Slavery and Servitude". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (2012) pg. 10
111:(though there are a number of other papyri in the Harris collection). Its technical designation is 187:. Ramesses III himself reorganized the state bureaucracy and the army. He fought wars against the 1543: 1404: 1399: 1292: 1282: 1075: 1027: 965: 950: 890: 880: 825: 785: 770: 710: 588: 441: 239: 234: 451: 1388: 1377: 1210: 1102: 1052: 935: 860: 840: 830: 755: 643: 598: 560: 463: 457: 382: 270: 1367: 1215: 1170: 1070: 1065: 1042: 992: 910: 835: 745: 740: 530: 39: 1287: 1272: 1245: 1225: 1097: 1080: 955: 895: 885: 845: 805: 750: 735: 663: 618: 525: 262: 204: 147: 1563: 1511: 1362: 1357: 1342: 1297: 1235: 1165: 1155: 1057: 920: 820: 800: 698: 613: 570: 540: 363: 140: 92: 1690: 1327: 1262: 1200: 1185: 1140: 1090: 1012: 1007: 945: 940: 875: 870: 780: 760: 555: 545: 431: 426: 1558: 1538: 1394: 1085: 960: 925: 915: 790: 765: 658: 200: 166: 132: 1337: 1175: 1150: 1145: 815: 715: 628: 535: 520: 421: 212: 188: 173:. Ramesses III claims to have captured hundreds of thousands of foreign slaves: 1682:
August Eisenlohr's German edition of the Harris Papyrus at the Internet Archive
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too were subjugated. In the west, he stopped the incursions of the Libyans and
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and claims to have subdued them and made them subjects of Egypt. The
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Index

Papyrus Harris

Egypt
London
England
United Kingdom
papyrus
Egypt
Medinet Habu
Nile river
Luxor, Egypt
Anthony Charles Harris
British Museum
editio princeps
hieratic
king
Ramesses III
Twentieth dynasty of Egypt
Setnakhte
Irsu
Sea Peoples
Edomites
Meshwesh
Punt
Sinai Peninsula
Ramesses IV
List of ancient Egyptian papyri
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
Papyrus Amherst 63
Papyrus Harris 500

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