| rdfs:comment | - The Pítati (pí-ta-ti) were a contingent of archers in the Egyptian Empire, often requested and dispatched, to support the Egyptian vassalage in Canaan, or northern Canaan. They are recorded in the correspondence of the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and were often requested to defend against the Habiru, also rogue vassal-kings and foreign troops of neighboring kingdoms-(for example Hatti), who were on the attack. The pítati archer force were mercenaries from the southern Egyptian "land of Kush"-(named Kaša, or Kaši in the letters).
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| abstract | - The Pítati (pí-ta-ti) were a contingent of archers in the Egyptian Empire, often requested and dispatched, to support the Egyptian vassalage in Canaan, or northern Canaan. They are recorded in the correspondence of the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and were often requested to defend against the Habiru, also rogue vassal-kings and foreign troops of neighboring kingdoms-(for example Hatti), who were on the attack. The vassal cities, and 'city-states' were constantly requesting the services-(protection) of the Pharaoh's armies, by means of this "archer-army" force, basically garrison forces. A request for lodging, and preparations of food, drink, straw, and other supplies required, is often demanded by the pharaoh, for a small, or a large contingent. The pítati archer force were mercenaries from the southern Egyptian "land of Kush"-(named Kaša, or Kaši in the letters). The first use of Nubian mercenaries was by Weni the Elder of the 6th Dynasty, (the Old Kingdom of about 2300 BC).
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