Disputed ArtifactA-AMARAH

Amarah West Shasu-land list

Monumental Egyptian toponym list · Amarah West, Sudan · c. 1279–1213 BCE

Yhwʒ (Egyptian transcription)

TransliterationYhwʒ · Shasu list

Evidence status: Disputed uncertain_identification
Type: Monumental Egyptian toponym list
Place: Amarah West, Sudan
site (approx. ±5 km)
Date: c. 1279–1213 BCE
Ramesses II reign; list tradition may be older

1000 BCE500 BCE1 CE500 CE
Language: Egyptian
Script: Egyptian hieroglyphic
Editorial note: Related Shasu-Yhw designation; no direct secure god-name equivalence.

Attestations

1 reading

Reading	Form	Locus	Status	Vowels observed
Yhwʒ (Egyptian transcription) Yhwʒ	Shasu Yhwʒ	Shasu list	Reported name	not recoverable from Hebrew

AS-AM: Secondary Egyptian witness, could copy older tradition.

Yhwʒ of Shasu-Land
Daniel E. Fleming · Cambridge University Press · 2020
High reliability
R03·Academic chapterOpen source
The Tetragrammaton in Egyptian Sources: Facts and Fiction
Academic contributor · Ancient Near Eastern Studies · 2017
Medium reliability
R22·Academic articleOpen source

Shasu Yhwʒ (Egyptian) Disputed

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