Poem of Pentaur

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The Poem of Pentaur is an ancient Egyptian epic inscription glorifying Pharaoh Ramesses II’s campaign against the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh, notable as one of the earliest detailed military narratives in history.

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Label Occurrences
Poem of Pentaur canonical 4
Poem of Pentawer 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian literary work ⓘ
epic inscription ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
royal propaganda text ⓘ
aboutEvent Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
aboutPerson Ramesses II ⓘ
approximateDate reign of Ramesses II ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian–Hittite relations ⓘ
Ramesside period ⓘ
linked to: Late New Kingdom
commissionedBy Ramesses II ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Egyptian royal ideology ⓘ
dateWritten 13th century BCE ⓘ
depicts Hittite Empire ⓘ
New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
describes Hittite chariot attack ⓘ
Ramesses II fighting at Kadesh ⓘ
intervention of the god Amun in battle ⓘ
function glorification of Ramesses II ⓘ
political propaganda ⓘ
royal self-presentation ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
military narrative ⓘ
royal hymn ⓘ
historicalSignificance major source for the Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
one of the earliest detailed military narratives in history ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
literaryFeature first-person speech of Ramesses II ⓘ
hyperbolic praise of the king ⓘ
invocation of deities ⓘ
mainSubject Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
Ramesses II’s campaign against the Hittites ⓘ
placeOfInscription Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
Luxor Temple ⓘ
Ramesseum ⓘ
Temple of Amun at Karnak ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Amun-Re

other Ramesside temples in Egypt and Nubia ⓘ
portraysAs Ramesses II as heroic lone warrior ⓘ
preservedAs temple wall inscriptions ⓘ
relatedTo Egyptian royal inscriptions ⓘ
relatedWork Kadesh Bulletin ⓘ
linked to: Bulletin of Kadesh
religiousContext Egyptian state religion ⓘ
cult of Amun ⓘ
studiedIn Egyptology ⓘ
timePeriod 19th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
titleVariant Kadesh Poem ⓘ
linked to: Bulletin of Kadesh

Poem of Pentawer ⓘ
linked to: Poem of Pentaur
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
hieratic script ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Kadesh → primarySource → Poem of Pentaur ⓘ
Poem of Pentaur → titleVariant → Poem of Pentawer ⓘ
linked to: Poem of Pentaur
Bulletin of Kadesh → hasRelation → Poem of Pentaur ⓘ
Bulletin of Kadesh → isComplementedBy → Poem of Pentaur ⓘ
Amun division → recordedIn → Poem of Pentaur ⓘ