Irsu / Su Warlord in Canaan {Cushan?} (1 jul 1194 año aC – 1 ene 1186 año aC)

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Papyrus Harris I:

"The land of Egypt was overthrown from without, and every man was thrown out of his right; they had no "chief mouth" for many years formerly until other times. The land of Egypt was in the hands of chiefs and of rulers of towns; one slew his neighbour, great and small. Other times having come after it, with empty years, Irsu ('a self-made man'), a certain Syrian (Kharu) was with them as chief (wr). He set plundering their (i.e., the people's) possessions. They made gods like men, and no offerings were presented in the temples.
But when the gods inclined themselves to peace, to set the land in its rights according to its accustomed manner, they established their son, who came forth from their limbs, to be ruler, LPH, of every land, upon their great throne, Userkhaure-setepenre-meryamun, LPH, the son of Re, Setnakht-merire-meryamun, LPH. He was Khepri-Set, when he is enraged; he set in order the entire land which had been rebellious; he slew the rebels who were in the land of Egypt; he cleansed the great throne of Egypt; he was ruler of the Two Lands, on the throne of Atum. He gave ready faces to those who had been turned away. Every man knew his brother who had been walled in. He established the temples in possession of divine offerings, to offer to the gods according to their customary stipulations."

The description of 'The Self-Made Man' and his exploits vaguely resembles Joshua, who conquered and united the lands of Canaan, destroyed temples to foreign gods, and conquered even the land of Goshen (Jos 11:16), where the Egyptian capital of Pi-Ramesses was located.

However, Given the mention of Israelites already being settled in the highlands during the reign of Merneptah (1208BC), it is likley that Irsu is better identified with Cushan-Rishathaim, the King of the Arameans who oppressed Israel for 8 years. Setnakhe states Irsu is a 'Kharru', which fits more geographically with Cushan than Joshua, as Joshua would have been better defined as a 'Shasu'.

Goedeke interprets another text by Setnakhe as stating that Seti II & Siptah's neglect of canaan set the stage for Isru's control, and that Tausret may have even allied herself to Irsu and encourage his control of the region. Tausret came to power in 119 BC, which was my original beginning date for Irsu. However, Irsu may have began his consolidation of power as early as the reign of Seti II (1203 B.C.)

If the Cushan=Irsu identification is to be believed, then he began his reign in the region likely around ~1194 BC

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