Evidence coverage: Undated–Undated. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Deir el-Medina commodity valuation expressed in copper deben. Scope excludes Old/Middle Kingdom weight systems and later silver-deben accounts unless independently connected.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
UC 39606 values goods supplied for a bull in copper rings/deben and states an aggregate value. Settlement in goods and valuation in a common account unit are distinct in this record. The dates 1300–1001 BCE are a broad editorial Ramesside envelope, not an exact date or lifespan; the text names year 4 without identifying the king in this edition. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
UC 39606 values goods supplied for a bull in copper rings/deben and states an aggregate value. Settlement in goods and valuation in a common account unit are distinct in this record. The dates 1300–1001 BCE are a broad editorial Ramesside envelope, not an exact date or lifespan; the text names year 4 without identifying the king in this edition. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.
C1379Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
UC 39606 values goods supplied for a bull in copper rings/deben and states an aggregate value. Settlement in goods and valuation in a common account unit are distinct in this record. The dates 1300–1001 BC are a broad editorial Ramesside envelope, not an exact date or lifespan; the text names year 4 without identifying the king in this edition. Assignment to this scoped currency profile is qualified.
UC39606 front/back; UCL value-unit discussion
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Whole UC39606 translation inspected.
Translation renders deben as rings.
UC39606 front/back; UCL value-unit discussion
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Entire page inspected, especially distinction between concrete weight and abstract value.