Note 661 — Chapter XIX · THE CAUSES AND ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS OF THE HEROIC AGE
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The use of the word ḳrn·t in the great Karnak inscription of Merenptah has given rise to much disagreement among Egyptologists. Prof. Breasted (Ancient Records, Egypt, III p. 247 note) understands from it that the Shardina and their confederates were circumcised. But the allusion is clearly to something which differentiated these peoples from the Libyans. The Libyans themselves however are believed to have practised circumcision (cf. Meyer, Gesch. d. Alt.2, I § 167).