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References
- ↑ Reisner, George A. (1920). "The Viceroys of Ethiopia". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology . 6: 28–55.
- 1 2 Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996
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