184b: Feeding the Fighters

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Sety I (Part 6b): Standards and Practices. The early 19th Dynasty army was a well-organised machine, with distinct units (the zA ‘company’) and officers (e.g., chai sereet, ‘Standard Bearers’). Papyrus archives record the daily business of military life, like the Standard Bearer Mai-Sety / Mai-Sutekhy, the company scribe User-Hat, and the royal administrators that monitored food deliveries, rations, and supplies of essential goods… Details and sources: Date: c. 1300 BCE. Music intro and interludes: Luke Chaos. Music outro: Bettina Joy de Guzman (Ancient Lyric). Texts: Kenneth Kitchen's Ramesside Inscriptions volume 1. Hieroglyph versions at Internet Archive, English translations at Abercromby Press. Peter Brand, Ramesses II: Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh, out now from Lockwood Press. Would you like to know more? www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show and access exclusive perks on Patreon, www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.2	Oh, of course.
0:26.1	The 100, presented by Compaea Zermarkin.
0:29.1	Simple, huh?
0:31.1	Hello folks, Dominic here.
0:33.0	Welcome to the History of Egypt podcast.
0:35.4	Episode 184b, feeding the fighters.
0:39.8	This is a side episode.
0:41.4	It does not affect the main narrative,
0:43.2	but it has some extra information
0:44.8	that I think is interesting, which I want to share with you.
0:48.2	If you are just here for the main story,
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