event · evt_egyfull_deir_el_medina_strike
Documented work stoppage by Deir el-Medina crews
Royal-tomb workers stopped work and appealed over delayed rations during the late reign of Ramesses III.
What is the evidence?
observation
Royal-tomb workers stopped work and appealed over delayed rations during the late reign of Ramesses III.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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.
1155 BCE–1154 BCE
Precision: range
highPreferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.
- supports · provides site and community context
Deir el-Medina (Development) — Jaana Toivari-Viitala (2011)Supports the institutional setting.
Locator: New Kingdom village development and archive - informs · contextualizes exceptional archive
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports evidentiary value and representativeness caution.
Locator: Deir el-Medina and microhistory
Interpretation and caveats
The event documents labour negotiation and fiscal stress in one state-supported community; it should not be generalized automatically to every Egyptian worker.
Event context
Classification
Event type: labour dispute and administrative event
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Deir el-Medina
Why it matters to the timeline
Adds labour, rations and non-elite agency to Ramesside history.
Research notes
- Supports the institutional setting. Role: provides site and community context. Locator: New Kingdom village development and archive.
- Supports evidentiary value and representativeness caution. Role: contextualizes exceptional archive. Locator: Deir el-Medina and microhistory.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides site and community context
Deir el-Medina (Development) — Jaana Toivari-Viitala (2011)Supports the institutional setting.
Locator: New Kingdom village development and archive - informs · contextualizes exceptional archive
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports evidentiary value and representativeness caution.
Locator: Deir el-Medina and microhistory
Referenced records
- Deir el-Medina · entity
- Ramesses III · entity
- Deir el-Medina community · entity
- Deir el-Medina ostraca and papyri · entity