Thesaurus 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/{type} – All entries of a thesaurus (e.g. language, date)

Entry by TLA-ID

• GET /thesaurus/{id} – Full entry (JSON)
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/type – Type
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/superordinate – Superordinate concept
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/subordinate – Subordinate concepts
• GET /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 – Definition
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/notBefore – Start date (date thesaurus only)
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/notAfter – End date (date thesaurus only)
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/match – All external references (JSON)
• GET /thesaurus/{id}/match/{system} – External reference for a system (wikidata, thot, tm, tla)

Entry by Wikidata ID

• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id} – Full entry
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/type – Type
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/superordinate – Superordinate concept
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/subordinate – Subordinate concepts
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/preflabel/{lang} – Preferred label
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/labels/{lang} – All labels
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/def – Definition
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/notBefore – Start date
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/notAfter – End date
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/match – All external references
• GET /thesaurus/wikidata/{id}/match/{system} – External reference for a system (thot, tm, tla)

Entry by Thot ID

• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id} – Full entry
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/type – Type
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/superordinate – Superordinate concept
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/subordinate – Subordinate concepts
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/preflabel/{lang} – Preferred label
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/labels/{lang} – All labels
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/def – Definition
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/notBefore – Start date
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/notAfter – End date
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/match – All external references
• GET /thesaurus/thot/{id}/match/{system} – External reference for a system (wikidata, tm, tla)

Entry by Trismegistos ID

• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id} – Full entry
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/type – Type
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/superordinate – Superordinate concept
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/subordinate – Subordinate concepts
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/preflabel/{lang} – Preferred label
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/labels/{lang} – All labels
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/def – Definition
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/notBefore – Start date
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/notAfter – End date
• GET /thesaurus/tm/{id}/match – All external references
• GET /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.