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itself designated from the beginning of the 3rd millennium by a
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hieroglyph in the shape of a bow, *Ta-Sety*, which means the land of the
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bow. Despite this evidence of the importance of these warriors and their
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weapons, archaeological attestations of tomns of Nubian archers contemporary
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weapons, archaeological attestations of tombs of Nubian archers contemporary
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with the Egyptian Kingdom are anecdotal. Only a few tombs from the Kerma
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period (2550-1480 BC) have been reported by Charles Bonnet in his
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excavation reports on the Eastern Cemetery of Kerma.[^1] His most
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Reisner[^18] is of lesser quality than for the southern part of the cemetery,
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corresponding to Classic Kerma and excavated in 1913-1914.[^19] The
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tombs excavated by Kemp have not been spatially located. Nevertheless,
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we know from our excavations that the \"Cemetery North\" covers the *Kerma
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we know from our excavations that the \"Cemetery N\" covers the *Kerma
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ancien III* and *Kerma moyen I* phases. The documentation identifies the
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grave of a woman with a staff, but there is no evidence of bows. In view
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of the discreet nature of the evidence for archery, we believe that it
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