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A NOTE ON THE (POSSIBLE) ORIGIN OF THE PELESET

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Driessen, Jan [UCL]

There has been plenty of discussion on the origin and nature of the Peleset, a group of warriors depicted on the Medinet Habu temple of Ramesses III. If the ethnonym should be read as pulasti or poulasti, as has been suggested, a link may be made with the toponym Pylos/Pyla and a Linear B reading of the ethnonym *pu-ra-wa-tu/Pyla-wastu is proposed. This could then imply that the Peleset may have had a link with the Bronze Age settlement of Pyla on Cyprus, occupied and deserted precisely in the time span described by the Medinet Habu reliefs.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès embargo until 2025-11-01
Publication date 2024
Language Anglais
Journal information "Pasiphae : rivista di filologia e antichita egee" - Vol. XVIII, no.1, p. 109-115 (2024)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher FabrizioSerra Editore (Pisa)
issn 1974-0565
e-issn 2037-738X
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/INCA - Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres
Keywords Peleset ; Pyla-Kokkinokremos ; Cyprus ; Sea People ; Ramesses III.
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Bibliographic reference Driessen, Jan. A NOTE ON THE (POSSIBLE) ORIGIN OF THE PELESET. In: Pasiphae : rivista di filologia e antichita egee, Vol. XVIII, no.1, p. 109-115 (2024)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/295761