TLA Thesauri API
The TLA thesauri are a collection of controlled vocabularies used to categorize objects, texts, and text passages in the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (and beyond).
Endpoints
Basic URL
api.thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/thesaurus/
Browse
GET /thesaurus/all– List of all thesauri (cf. Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae)GET /thesaurus/{id}– All entries of a thesaurus (e.g. language, date)
Entry by TLA ID
GET /thesaurus/{id}– Full entry (JSON)GET /thesaurus/{id}/type– TypeGET /thesaurus/{id}/superordinate– Superordinate conceptGET /thesaurus/{id}/subordinate– Subordinate conceptsGET /thesaurus/{id}/preflabel/{lang}– Preferred label (en,de,fr,ar)GET /thesaurus/{id}/labels/{lang}– All labels (en,de,fr,ar)GET /thesaurus/{id}/def– DefinitionGET /thesaurus/{id}/notBefore– Start date (datethesaurus only)GET /thesaurus/{id}/notAfter– End date (datethesaurus only)GET /thesaurus/{id}/match– All external references (JSON)GET /thesaurus/{id}/match/{system}– External reference for a system (wikidata,thot)
Entry by Wikidata ID
GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}– Full entryGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/type– TypeGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/preflabel/{lang}– Preferred labelGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/labels/{lang}– All labelsGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/def– DefinitionGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/notBefore– Start dateGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/notAfter– End dateGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/match– All external referencesGET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/match/{system}– External reference for a system (thot,tla,tm)
Entry by Thot ID
GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}– Full entryGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/type– TypeGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/preflabel/{lang}– Preferred labelGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/labels/{lang}– All labelsGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/def– DefinitionGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/notBefore– Start dateGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/notAfter– End dateGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/match– All external referencesGET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/match/{system}– External reference for a system (wikidata,tla,tm)
Entry by Trismegistos ID
GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}– Full entryGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/type– TypeGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/preflabel/{lang}– Preferred labelGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/labels/{lang}– All labelsGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/def– DefinitionGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/notBefore– Start dateGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/notAfter– End dateGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/match– All external referencesGET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/match/{system}– External reference for a system (wikidata,thot,tla)
Citation of the API
Refer to the API as:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache, Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae Thesauri API, api.thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/thesaurus, implemented by R. Dominik Blöse, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2026-…
Data license
The data returned by the API can be used on the basis of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Please cite the API and its data as requested above.
[Text: R.D. Blöse, D.A. Werning, 20.8.2026]