Abstract
A Ramesside stela fragment featuring a shield bearer and a warrior prompts consideration of these positions in military contexts of the period. It is suggested that at best the shield bearer played only a semi-military role, his court duties being more in evidence, while ‘warrior’ ('ḥȝ), in spite of the implications of the title, remained a nonspecific term.
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