event · evt_ramesses_iii_year8
Ramesses III’s Year 8 Conflicts Recorded at Medinet Habu
Medinet Habu’s inscriptions and reliefs portray Ramesses III defeating named groups in land and naval engagements.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Royal inscriptions and reliefs
- Named groups
- Land and maritime battle scenes
proposed causes
consequences
The record is secure, but the absolute date and historical interpretation of royal propaganda remain debated.
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.
1188 BCE–1176 BCE
Precision: competing regnal chronology
moderateEgyptian regnal chronology
- informs · provides primary evidence
Medinet Habu, Volume I: Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III — The Epigraphic Survey (1930)
Locator: Year 8 inscriptions and reliefs - informs · provides translation
Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II — William F. Edgerton, John A. Wilson (1936)
Locator: Year 8 texts - informs · provides date
Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)
Locator: discussion of 1188/1177 alternatives - informs · reviews
The Philistines and Other ‘Sea Peoples’ in Text and Archaeology (2013)
Locator: Sea Peoples studies
Event context
People and places
Locations: Medinet Habu, Egypt
Documentary evidence: Medinet Habu Year 8 Inscriptions
Participants: New Kingdom Egypt, Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Chronology Disputed
Two or more serious chronological models remain in use or materially affect interpretation.
Why does this record have this property?
The date materially depends on competing chronological, ceramic, textual, or archaeological models.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Medinet Habu, Volume I: Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III — The Epigraphic Survey (1930)Source relationship recorded for Ramesses III’s Year 8 Conflicts Recorded at Medinet Habu.
Locator: Year 8 inscriptions and reliefs - informs · provides translation
Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II — William F. Edgerton, John A. Wilson (1936)Source relationship recorded for Ramesses III’s Year 8 Conflicts Recorded at Medinet Habu.
Locator: Year 8 texts - informs · provides date
Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)Source relationship recorded for Ramesses III’s Year 8 Conflicts Recorded at Medinet Habu.
Locator: discussion of 1188/1177 alternatives - informs · reviews
The Philistines and Other ‘Sea Peoples’ in Text and Archaeology (2013)Source relationship recorded for Ramesses III’s Year 8 Conflicts Recorded at Medinet Habu.
Locator: Sea Peoples studies
Referenced records
- Egypt · entity
- New Kingdom Egypt · entity
- Medinet Habu · entity
- Peleset · entity
- Tjeker · entity
- Shekelesh · entity
- Denyen · entity
- Weshesh · entity
- Medinet Habu Year 8 Inscriptions · entity
- Conventional Ramesses III Year 8 chronology · chronology model
- Higher Ramesses III Year 8 chronology · chronology model