entity · people_tehenu
Tehenu
Also known as: Tjehenu
A long-lived Egyptian designation associated with lands or populations west of the Nile Valley.
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.
1600 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah: Grand Strategy in the 13th Century BC — Colleen Manassa (2003)Provides philological and historical context for western labels.
Locator: Introduction and commentary on western names in Merneptah’s record - informs · critiques interpretation
New perspectives on distant horizons: aspects of Egyptian imperial administration in Marmarica in the Late Bronze Age — Snape, Steven (2003)Demonstrates why western labels must be tied to specific inscriptions and contexts.
Locator: pp. 1–8
Research description
Tehenu is included because it remains relevant to Egyptian western discourse, but this expansion does not equate it with Libu, Meshwesh, Tjemehu, a modern ethnic group, or a single archaeological culture. The label’s diachronic meanings and regional references need specialist philological review.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah: Grand Strategy in the 13th Century BC — Colleen Manassa (2003)Provides philological and historical context for western labels.
Locator: Introduction and commentary on western names in Merneptah’s record - informs · critiques interpretation
New perspectives on distant horizons: aspects of Egyptian imperial administration in Marmarica in the Late Bronze Age — Snape, Steven (2003)Demonstrates why western labels must be tied to specific inscriptions and contexts.
Locator: pp. 1–8