Talk:Amarna letter EA 26

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WikiProject Ancient Egypt to-do list:

Needed articles.

We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.

Cleanup.

To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. Any other candidates?

Standardize the Chronology.

A boring task, but the benefit of doing it is that you can set the dates !(e.g., why say Khufu lived 2589-2566? As long as you keep the length of his reign correct, or cite a respected source, you can date it 2590-2567 or 2585-2563)

Stub sorting

Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .

Data sorting.

This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture -- Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library.

Names

Much of this letter, and I'd suppose other EA letters, contain names with nothing to show who is being referenced.

No place is it apparent that Mane or Keliya are ambassadors/messengers. Nor that Mimmureya or Naphyurreya refer to Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. This may be common knowledge among people who study the Amarna letters but then things like Mittani, Lapis Lazuli, or Tushratta *are* linked to references in the same sections.

The second part of the translation provides links (albeit dead) to instances of Keliya and Mane.

I don't know that enough is known about Mane or Keliya to warrant an page but maybe an info bubble(?) to show who they were would be appropriate?

I don't know if the EA pages are auto generated from something and while I'd like to edit the pages I'm reluctant to do so until I've posted to talk and waited to see if anybody responds. Henderson Native (talk) 12:28, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]