Deir el-Medina Database

[First posted in AWOL 2 Jyuy 2012, updated 18 November 2024]

Deir el-Medina Database

4706 records
updated October 2024

Deir el-Medina is the name of an Egyptian archaeological site situated on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. Here are the remains of a settlement inhabited by workmen who were responsible for the construction and decoration of the royal tombs from the New Kingdom. The exploration of Deir el-Medina has yielded a huge quantity of artefacts and texts written on ostraca or papyri, which offer a unique view into the daily life of an ancient Egyptian community.

The Deir el-Medina Database is an online tool developed for searching and selecting non-literary texts on ostraca and papyri related to the Ramesside community of royal necropolis workmen. It is not an online edition of these texts; references to editions (photos, facsimiles, transcriptions, transliterations and translations) can be found in the database records.

Other Deir el-Medina and related websites:

Checklist of transcribed hieratic documents
Deir el Medine online
Ifao Ostraca
Ifao Resources documentaires
Museo Egizio Papyri
Theban Mapping Project