event · evt_egyfull_late_ramesside_tomb_robbery_investigations
Late Ramesside tomb-robbery investigations
Papyri record investigations, testimony and official involvement concerning robbery of royal and elite tombs.
What is the evidence?
observation
Papyri record investigations, testimony and official involvement concerning robbery of royal and elite tombs.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.
1110 BCE–1070 BCE
Precision: range
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- supports · provides legal context
Law Courts — Sandra Lippert (2012)Supports legal interpretation.
Locator: Court procedure and documentary evidence - supports · provides archive context
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports social and administrative interpretation.
Locator: Ramesside tomb-robbery papyri discussion
Interpretation and caveats
The dossiers expose legal practice, corruption and economic stress but survive as selective case archives.
Event context
Classification
Event type: legal and administrative investigation
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Thebes, Valley of the Kings
Why it matters to the timeline
Adds law, looting, corruption and local administration to the end of the New Kingdom.
Research notes
- Supports social and administrative interpretation. Role: provides archive context. Locator: Ramesside tomb-robbery papyri discussion.
- Supports legal interpretation. Role: provides legal context. Locator: Court procedure and documentary evidence.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides legal context
Law Courts — Sandra Lippert (2012)Supports legal interpretation.
Locator: Court procedure and documentary evidence - supports · provides archive context
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports social and administrative interpretation.
Locator: Ramesside tomb-robbery papyri discussion
Referenced records
- Thebes · entity
- Valley of the Kings · entity
- Ramesses XI · entity
- Deir el-Medina ostraca and papyri · entity