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Medjay (also Medjai, Mazoi, Madjai, Mejay, Egyptian mḏꜣ.j, a nisba of mḏꜣ[1]) was a demonym used in various ways throughout ancient Egyptian history to refer initially to a nomadic group from Nubia and later as a generic term for desert-ranger police.[2] They were sometimes confused with the Pan-Grave Culture.
- ^ Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961). Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache. Vol. 2. p. 186.
- ^ Liszka, Kate (2011). ""We have come from the well of Ibhet": Ethnogenesis of the Medjay". Journal of Egyptian History. 4 (2): 149–171. doi:10.1163/187416611X612132.