Arrival of the Nearins coming from the country of Amurru :  The Nearin name (or na'arin) could make a Semitic source believe for these troops. According to Obsomer, it would be about an Egyptian army let in the country of Amurru (the present Lebanon) at the time of the campaign of the year 4.  It  would have moved following informations on the position of the army hittite. The arrival of the Néarinses saved Ramesses II from the defeat. 

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Contact between Nearins and the hittite army.

 

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