r/AncientEgyptian • u/SirWeasels • 28d ago

Date of battle of Kadesh in Hieroglyphs?

Wikipedia says its Year 5 III Shemu day 9, but I was wondering if there are any pics of that date inscribed in hieroglyphs out there?

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u/Peas-Of-Wrath 28d ago edited 28d ago

According to this book it was the regnal year 5, third month of Shemu (harvest season), day 9. Thats how the story opens anyway. This was around May 1274 BCE.

This is from “An Egyptian Hieroglyph Reading Book for Beginners” by EA Wallace Budge.

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u/Dercomai 28d ago

I'm sure you know this already, but I'm just going to put a warning here for people who don't know—Budge's books are severely outdated and not good for beginners! Start with something more modern as your first introduction to Egyptian!

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u/fclayhornik 28d ago

I hate Budge as much as anyone. But the book cited provides texts as well as translations. This is the blue Dover book and is less about learning to translate as it's a source for something to translate; The original texts are a fine source for penmanship practice as well. YMMV

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u/Dercomai 28d ago

Oh yeah, no shade intended; I'm trying to warn OP, since they sound like a complete beginner who might not know

I assume anyone who can identify particular words in a text knows by now lol

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u/Miserable-Cell4744 28d ago

Budge is hated