One allegation of rape, however, does appear clear cut. Amennakht accused Paneb of taking the clothes of a woman called Yemenwaw, before he “threw her on top of a wall and violated her”.

Papyrus Salt 124 was written in around 1200 BC by Amennakht, son of the chief-workman Nebnufer in the village of Deir el Medina, a community of artisans responsible for construction work on the ...