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They wrote about everything and anything.
Naturally there were many official and religious texts that used set phrases and standard wordings (much like modern legal documents), but the "caption" texts accompanying scenes of daily life in tomb paintings often record ordinary people saying ordinary things, such as you might have heard on the fishing boats, in the fields, in the streets or in people's homes at the time.
There are poems and stories, prayers and questions for the gods, military messages, estate accounts, records of the flooding of the river Nile, legal documents, maps and many more kinds of texts.
One surviving legal statement from the Late Period says:
"The master of harbours despatched a military officer saying 'Arrest anyone Peteese tells you to arrest'. The officer came to Teudjoi and Peteese had two priests arrested. He took them north to the royal palace. In Pharaoh's presence Peteese recounted everything they had done. Pharaoh passed sentence on the two priests."
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∙ 10y agoThey wrote about taxes (they were the first to tax things by percentage)
They also recorded marriage and birth. Another thing they did was to write about government records.
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∙ 10y agoThe Ancient Egyptian scribes were asked to record any pieces of needed information. They were also asked by people to write letters to people
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∙ 9y agoPapyrus
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What type of jobs did ancient Egyptian scribes have?
ancient Egyptian scribes had to write in hieroglyphics on papyrus, as a way of communication. most scribes worked for pharaoh's.
Why were scribes so honored in Egyptian societies?
They were the only ones who knew how to write.
Why do you think Scribes are so honored in ancient Egypt?
because they were the only ones that could write
What was scribes positioin in Egyptian society?
The scribes position in the Ancient Egyptian society was to record things or write things down, for example the scribe would record the amount of grain was grown each year. The scribes started learning to write at the age of five and when they were twelve started working. All other boys would only be starting to learn their fathers trade at that time.
What Egyptian were taught how to write hieroglyphics?
Scribes were the people trained to read and write
What type of jobs did ancient Egyptian scribes have?
ancient Egyptian scribes had to write in hieroglyphics on papyrus, as a way of communication. most scribes worked for pharaoh's.
What did scribes write in ancient Egyptian times?
They wrote in hieroglyphics.
Why were scribes so honored in Egyptian societies?
They were the only ones who knew how to write.
Scribes became important in Sumerian and Egyptian life because they .?
were the only people who can read and write
What did ancient egyptians scribes do?
The Ancient Egyptian scribes were asked to record any pieces of needed information. They were also asked by people to write letters to people
Why do you think Scribes are so honored in ancient Egypt?
because they were the only ones that could write
Who were ancient Egyptian scribes?
ad nd write. This was a very hard job as there were over 100 hieroglyphics to rememeber
What was scribes positioin in Egyptian society?
The scribes position in the Ancient Egyptian society was to record things or write things down, for example the scribe would record the amount of grain was grown each year. The scribes started learning to write at the age of five and when they were twelve started working. All other boys would only be starting to learn their fathers trade at that time.
What do you know about ancient Egyptian scribes?
Egyptian scribe seens
How where Egyptian scribes viewed?
They were the smartest.
What do Egyptian scribes wear?
clothes
What part did Egyptian scribes play in government and trade?
Egyptian scribes were important for recording government information and keeping public records.
