Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration (Bloomsbury Egyptology)

Introduction: exploring the social figure of the scribes -- Prologue - writing tools and hands -- Counting grain and painting palette: the tomb of Paheri at Elkab -- Senenmut: life at court -- Writing history in Djahi: Tjanuni, the military scribe -- Amenemhat: anger and graffiti -- Tutankhamun's palettes: no king is a scribe -- Rising through the ranks: Haremhab and the case of a scribal palette -- Dedia, the memory maker, and his workers -- Inena: the elusive copyist -- Good scribe - bad scribe: Papyrus Anastasi i and the battle of scribes -- Djehutimose Tjaroy: scribe in times of change

• | Author: Niv Allon|Hana Navratilova
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1472583957
• | ISBN-13: 9781472583956