 Politically, it was "a sort of no-man's land where caravans, unless they were provided with considerable escort, were delivered to brigands".The people referred to in Greek texts as Blemmyes may have their earliest mention as Egyptian "Bwrꜣhꜣyw" in the Kushite enthronement stela of Anlamani from Kawa from the late seventh century BCE.The representation "Brhrm" in a petition from El Hiba one century later may reflect the same root term.