Disputed ArtifactA-SOLEB

Soleb Shasu-land list

Monumental Egyptian toponym list · Soleb, Sudan · c. 1390–1352 BCE

Yhwʒ (Egyptian transcription)

TransliterationYhwʒ · Shasu-land list

Evidence status: Disputed uncertain_identification
Type: Monumental Egyptian toponym list
Place: Soleb, Sudan
site (approx. ±2 km)
Date: c. 1390–1352 BCE
Amenhotep III reign range: not necessarily date of underlying name

1000 BCE500 BCE1 CE500 CE
Language: Egyptian
Script: Egyptian hieroglyphic
Editorial note: Designation Yhwʒ occurs in a Shasu list. Not a secure inscription of YHWH as a deity.

Attestations

1 reading

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

AS-SOL: Place/group designation; identity with Yahwistic deity unproven.

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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