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by instakill 461 days ago
Nice, now can any cuneiform nerds that have an interest in Ramses III guide me to any quote that roughly translates to "violence is necessary against Isfet". For the life of me, I cannot seem to find any reference to it although I've got it in my notes from... somewhere?
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Grok 3 says "For instance, in the Poem of Pentaur, a propagandistic account of the Battle of Kadesh, Ramses II is depicted as a heroic figure restoring order against the chaotic Hittite forces. While it doesn’t say “violence is necessary against Isfet” verbatim, the subtext is that decisive action, including violence, was justified to crush disorder and uphold Ma'at."

(It had earlier defined Ma'at as "order, balance, and justice")