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Ancient Egyptian Scribe Statue Rare Antique Pharaonic Unique Antiques BCDescription
The Pharaonic Scribe as a Profession (Scribe/Scribes)
- Social and Professional Status: In ancient Egypt, scribes belonged to the educated and prestigious class. They did not participate in manual labor; their work relied on knowledge and writing. Writing was a path to advancement within the administrative apparatus and temples.
- Materials and Tools: They used papyrus for writing documents, feathered reeds (stella) or writing canes, and two types of ink: black for regular letters and red for titles and announcements. Wax-coated wooden tablets were sometimes used for teaching and training.
- Writing Systems: They mastered hieroglyphics (inscribed on temples and official inscriptions), hieratic (a flexible and concise style of writing for religious and administrative purposes), and demotic (a simplified and more widespread script in later periods). - Areas of work: Administrative records (taxes, customs, military, property), legal documents (contracts, certificates), royal and official letters, religious texts (rituals, incantations), literary texts (stories, maxims, teachings), and practical calculations and engineering.
- Training and education: Learning took place in schools specifically for scribes (often temple-based), where students learned to read and write sentences and symbols, grammar, and to copy verbatim from school models. The training was rigorous and demanding, sometimes involving physical punishment.
- Economic status: Some scribes received good salaries, houses, and land, while others remained in a modest position depending on their rank and employer.
- Specialized roles: Temple scribes, palace scribes, and record scribes, each with their own specific responsibilities and duties.
Size : Height: 12 cm .
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