The Report of Wenamun

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Egyptian literary text
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs The Tale of Wenamun
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Pushkin_Museum,_Moscow
gptkbp:date circa 11th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn al-Hibah, Egypt
gptkbp:firstPublished 1891
gptkbp:genre narrator
travel account
gptkbp:historicalSignificance provides insight into Egypt's declining influence in the Levant
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Report of Wenamun
gptkbp:language gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:length about 2,000 words
gptkbp:mainCharacter Wenamun
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:notableFeature unfinished ending
realistic depiction of political instability
gptkbp:occupation priest of Amun
gptkbp:originalTitle Papyrus Pushkin 120
gptkbp:period Late Bronze Age
gptkbp:purpose to obtain cedar wood for a sacred barque
gptkbp:referencedIn studies of ancient Near Eastern diplomacy
gptkbp:script gptkb:Hieratic
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Egypt
Byblos
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Egyptology
gptkbp:subject gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:international_relations
trade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Late_Egyptian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6