event · evt_egyfull_merneptah_karnak_inscription_production
Production of Merneptah's Great Karnak victory inscription
A royal inscription records Merneptah's Year 5 conflict with a Libyan-led coalition and names multiple groups.
What is the evidence?
observation
A royal inscription records Merneptah's Year 5 conflict with a Libyan-led coalition and names multiple groups.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.
1208 BCE–1203 BCE
Precision: range
very highPreferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.
- supports · provides primary text edition
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah: Grand Strategy in the 13th Century BC — Colleen Manassa (2003)Directly supports the inscription and source criticism.
Locator: Great Karnak Inscription, translation and commentary
Interpretation and caveats
The text attests a campaign and named participants while casualty totals, categories and strategic framing remain royal rhetoric. The conflict itself is retained as a baseline event rather than duplicated.
Event context
Classification
Event type: royal inscription and historical memory
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Karnak
Why it matters to the timeline
Deepens an existing baseline event with its source-production and rhetorical context.
Research notes
- Directly supports the inscription and source criticism. Role: provides primary text edition. Locator: Great Karnak Inscription, translation and commentary.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides primary text edition
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah: Grand Strategy in the 13th Century BC — Colleen Manassa (2003)Directly supports the inscription and source criticism.
Locator: Great Karnak Inscription, translation and commentary
Referenced records
- Merneptah’s Year 5 Conflict with a Libyan-Led Coalition · event
- Karnak · entity
- Merneptah · entity