Khor
Khor (also Hurru, Kharu) is the second, later name used by
Middle Egyptian reference to Canaan
.
This word spelled as Hurru or Kharru is also used on the Merneptah Stele. In this inscription,
Hatti and Hurru stand for the whole region of
Yanoam are three cities within the region."[2]
Pharaoh Taharqa claimed to conquer this territory as attested by the "list of conquered Asiatic principalities" from the Mut temple at Karnak, as well as in Sanam temple inscriptions.[3] Taharqa disputed this region with Sennacherib of Assyria.
The Egyption Story of Wenamun refers to a location named Kharu. According to Alessandra Nibbi, the expression "the great ym of Kharu" is often connected to the Mediterranean sea. But she was trying to reinterpret this and other associated geographical names and to tie them to other locations.[4]
Notes
- ISBN 022622855X. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Mark S. Smith 2002, The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p.26
- ISBN 90-04-10448-8.
- ^ A. Nibbi, The City of Dor and Wenamun, Discussions in Egyptology 35 (1996), 76-95