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The modern view of the ancient Egyptian world is often through the lens of a scribe: the trained, schooled, literate individual who was present at many levels of Egyptian society, from a local accountant to the highest echelons of society. And yet, despite the wealth of information the scribes left us, we know relatively little about what underpinned their world, about their mentality and about their everyday life. Tracing ten key biographies, Ancient Egyptian Scribes examines how these figures kept both the administrative life and cultural memory of Egypt running. These are the Egyptians who ran the state and formed the supposedly meritocratic system of local administration and government. Case studies look at accountants, draughtsmen, scribes with military and dynastic roles, the authors of graffiti and literati who interacted in different ways with Pharaohs and other leaders. Assuming no previous knowledge of ancient Egypt, the various roles and identities of the scribes are presented in a concise and accessible way, offering structured information on their cultural identity and self-presentation, and providing readers with an insight into the making of Egyptian written culture

Écriture --- Scribes --- Civilisation antique --- Histoire --- Literacy --- Social aspects --- Egypt --- History --- Civilisation antique. --- Histoire. --- Scribes - Egypt --- Scribes - Egypt - Biography --- Literacy - Social aspects - Egypt --- Egypt - History - New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.

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This Element seeks to characterize the scribal culture in ancient Egypt through its textual acts, which were of prime importance in this culture: writing, list-making, drawing, and copying. Drawing upon texts, material objects, and archeological evidence, this Element will touch upon main themes at the heart of the study of this culture, while building on current discussions in literacy and literary as well as social history.

Manuscripts, Egyptian. --- Egypt --- Egyp --- Intellectual life. --- History

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The present book, the third volume in a series dedicated to the publication of the Deir el-Medina materials presently kept in the National Museum – Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures in Prague, deals with the non-administrative (in other words, mostly literary) ostraca and papyri, inscribed in hieratic script. With only some exceptions, most of the ostraca and other items published here are related in some way to Jaroslav Černý, whose life and activities were for several decades closely connected with the workmen’s village in the present Deir el-Medina.

Private collections / Czechia --- Egyptology / Czechia --- Excavations (archaeology) / Egypt / Dér el-Medína (Egypt : archeologická lokalita) / Praha (Česko) / Deir el-Medina (Egypt : archaeological site) / Prague (Czechia) / Kolektivní monografie / Katalogy / Collective monographs / Catalogs --- Egyptology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- History --- Černý, Jaroslav, --- Deir el-Médineh (Égypte ; site archéologique) --- Deir el-Medina Site (Egypt) --- Antiquities --- History. --- Náprstkovo muzeum asijských, afrických a amerických kultur. --- Antiquities. --- Pottery, Egyptian --- Ostraka --- Excavations (archaeology) / Egypt / Dér el-Medína (Egypt : archeologická lokalita) / Praha (Česko) / Deir el-Medina (Egypt : archaeological site) / Prague (Czechia) / Kolektivní monografie / Katalogy / Collective monographs / Catalogs --- Deir el-Médineh (Égypte ; site archéologique)