Plate 8 in the Oriental Institutes Nubian Expedition Volume 1 by Herbert Ricke, et al in the book, The Beit of El-Wali Temple of Ramesses ll, published by the University of Chicago also show Nubians gathering up their wounded and dead and fighting back even in retreat.
A closer look at the plate when it is joined with other plates to make the complete picture show Nubians as brave individuals. Other plates in the picture show a Libyan begging for mercy, Syrians pleading for their lives, and Asiatic people giving up too easily.
One plate actually has the king standing on top of a Libyan and an Asian. Nubians are shown respect even when they deliver tribute to Ramesses ll.
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