event · evt_deir_el_medina_strike
Royal Tomb Workers’ Strike at Deir el-Medina
Workers stopped work after delayed rations and protested that they were hungry.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Contemporary administrative papyrus
- Repeated work stoppages
- Explicit complaint over ration delays
proposed causes
- fiscal strain
- administrative failure
- supply disruption
consequences
The episode is directly recorded; its relationship to wider climatic or imperial causes is not established.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1160 BCE–1158 BCE
Precision: regnal year
highpapyrus date and Egyptian chronology
- informs · provides primary evidence
Turin Strike Papyrus — Ancient Egyptian scribes; Museo Egizio catalogue
Locator: Year 29 entries
Event context
People and places
Locations: Deir el-Medina
Documentary evidence: Turin Strike Papyrus
Participants: New Kingdom Egypt
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Turin Strike Papyrus — Ancient Egyptian scribes; Museo Egizio catalogueSource relationship recorded for Royal Tomb Workers’ Strike at Deir el-Medina.
Locator: Year 29 entries
Referenced records
- New Kingdom Egypt · entity
- Deir el-Medina · entity
- Turin Strike Papyrus · entity