
The Onomasticon of Amenope is an Egyptian document from the late 20th Dynasty to 22nd Dynasty, a compilation belonging to a tradition begun in the Middle Kingdom, and which includes the Ramesseum Onomasticon dating from the late Middle Kingdom.[1]
It is an administrative/literary categorization of 610 entities organized hierarchically,[2] rather than a list of words (glossary). It is known from ten fragments including versions on papyrus, board, leather, and pottery.[3]

The Onomasticon of Amenope is an important resource for scholars studying ancient Egyptian life, the pharaonic administration and court, the priesthood,[4] the history of the Sea Peoples,[5] the geography and political organization of the Levant during the late New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period,[6] early Bible studies, etc.
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