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The Scribe
Historians use many sources for their research. These include complete or partial ancient texts and documents that have come down to us.
They are valuable documents that allow us to understand and know the daily life, social, trade etc, about peoples of the past .
In ancient Egypt, the scribe was an important personality, and belonged to a very powerful , admired and well-paid caste that was in charge of the administration of the country. In the Old Kingdom they were chosen from noble families, while in the New Kingdom was extended to all this profession.
The time to form a scribe was very long: only the most gifted students, those who learned the intricate art of hieroglyphic monuments, managed to get to court. The scribe, keeping the secret of his profession, handed down his knowledge from generation to generation. Thoth , the god of writing and wisdom, as well as a magician and messenger of the gods, was the Scribes protector.
(Thoth)
The scribes took on a role of great importance, forming a class of high intellectual caliber in Egyptian society, since it occupied the administration of civil life. Their recruitment was essential for the Egyptian State and was done by specialized schools called "Houses of Life." As often happened in ancient societies, the ownership of culture equivalent to the power and the scribes were a bridge between two different worlds: that of illiteracy and that of culture.
The scribes were employed to perform administrative tasks and the copying of religious texts. They faced an internship in the temples of four years, during which they were trained with the utmost severity, resorting sometimes to corporal punishment. The scribe could also specialize in religious studies to become a priest, or by way of medicine. Most of the time the scribes ended up carry out studies of arithmetic, geometry and administration, to become Pharaoh's officials or administrators of a great lord or a rich temple.
(Iearatica writing)
With regard to accounting operations, the scribes used a writing called "hieratic", easier and more fluent than pictograms, which were instead used for sacred texts and monumental decorations.
To write the scribe, as well as papyrus and brush, also used other tools such as a shovel, a pestle, a mortar, colors such as red ocher contained in a double inkwell, a knife and a roll of papyrus, and finally a cubit (a graduated ruler).
Scribes were represented in bas-relief and there are many statues of them found in the tombs of officials. These statues are easily recognizable by the sitting position with legs crossed and head tilted forward as depicted in the statue called "Scribe red."
(The Red Scribe - Louvre Museum - Paris)
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Edited by Sylvhia - 28/6/2014, 15:14
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