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Ancient Egyptian scribes : a cultural exploration / Niv Allon and Hana Navratilova.

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Bloomsbury Collections: Classical Studies & Archaeology 2017
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Allon, Niv, author.
Navrátilová, Hana, author.
Series:
Bloomsbury Egyptology
Classical Studies & Archaeology 2017
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Scribes--Egypt.
Scribes.
Literacy--Social aspects.
Egypt.
Scribes--Egypt--Biography.
Egypt--History--New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.
History.
Literacy--Social aspects--Egypt.
Literacy.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns
Other Format:
Original
ISBN:
9781350015524
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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