‘War Cry’ or War Atrocity? A Note on Sinuhe B 140

Virtually all translators render wd.n=i i？nn ？r i3t=f in Sinuhe B 140 as ‘I raised a/my war/victory cry (i？nn) over the back’ of the n？tw of Retenu. The author argues instead that i？nn is an imperfective participial form derived from the verb ？ni, ‘to conspire/curse’, with the verbal noun being a term of execration applied to the rebellious n？tw. Sinuhe’s action of ‘putting’ (wdi) the condemned conspirator (i？nn) ‘on his back’ points to the victor’s display of his disgraced opponent’s corpse