entity · text_egyfull_deir_el_medina_ostraca
Deir el-Medina ostraca and papyri
Thousands of administrative, legal, literary and personal documents from the royal-tomb workers' community.
Review and provenance
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Chronology
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1300 BCE–1070 BCE
Precision: range
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- supports · supports entity
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports the entity and its interpretive limits.
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Research description
Thousands of administrative, legal, literary and personal documents from the royal-tomb workers' community. The record distinguishes attested labels and materials from modern ethnic, social or historiographic categories.
Properties and assignments
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Exceptional non-elite or community archive
An unusually rich documentary or archaeological corpus for life outside royal monuments.
Why does this record have this property?
The record exhibits this analytical property during the stated interval, with the linked source defining the evidence and limitations. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- Microhistory
supports assignment · Relevant evidence and interpretation
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports the entity and its interpretive limits.
Locator: Relevant discussion or corpus description