Besides information about their authors, letters contain vital information about the private lives of individuals. Quite often, the careful studies of letters reveal how ordinary, but also how unusual the life of men and especially women in pharaonic history could be.
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)
Thebes/Deir el-Medina (?)
hieratic
Letter
document, junior, message, commissioning, weaponry, temple, boat
Egypt (km.t)
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)
No
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Černý, LRL, pp. XIV; pp. 71–74 (OEB 136743);
Janssen, Late Ramesside letters, pls. CIII–CIV (OEB 32799);
Wente, Late Ramesside Letters, pp. 83–85 (OEB 16975);
Wente, Letters, pp. 189–190, no. 312 (OEB 32800).
hieratic
Letter
boat, weaponry, temple, document, message, junior, commissioning
New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC)
Dynasty 20 (1190-1077 BC)
Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)
No
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