Amarna: wine labels
Wine labels in Egypt are short inscriptions written on the shoulder
of an amphora mentioning the year in which the wine was produced, the vintners
and the vineyard. The Amarna labels are historically of special importance,
because of the year datings. The Year 17 wine labels provide the only securely
dated evidence for the last year attested for Akhenaten.
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year 17 wine (...) wine ...
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year 17, wine of the house of Aten
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wine of the greatest of seers
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year 10 wine of the domain sHtp head of vintner Sethy
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Year 11, wine of the estate of ... West River
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