Monumental buildings were erected under their supervision. Much of what is known about ancient Egypt is due to the activities of its scribes and the officials. Sons of scribes were brought up in the same tradition, sent to school, and inherited their fathers’ positions upon entering the civil service. One of the essential professionals in ancient Egypt was a person educated in the arts of writing and arithmetic. Scribes were also used to work on projects like pyramid building and helped with communication between the rulers and the Egyptian people. Scribes were used as tax collectors and were in charge of organizing people for building, mining, trade, and war. Scribes were used for a multitude of things involving everyday Egyptian life.
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This scribe was one of the very few Ancient Egyptians who knew how to read and write and was highly regarded and well-paid. Many pharaohs would have their servants depicted in some form so that when they went to the afterlife, they would able to use their skills to help them. This sculpture was discovered in 1850 at Saqqara, an ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. His facial expression is alert as he looks to the viewer waiting for the words for him to record.
Two copper clips hold each eye in their place. The backside of the crystal was covered with a layer of material which provides the color to the iris and serves as an adhesive. His eyes were elaborately inlaid with pieces of polished truncated rock crystal. The eyes of the sculpture are modeled in detail using pieces of red-veined white magnesite. The scribe sits in a cross-legged position that would have been his natural posture for his work. At some distant time in the past, he was holding a reed-brush that now missing. His right hand is in the writing position. The papyrus scroll is laid out on his lap. His face has realistic features, and his hands, fingers, and fingernails are all carefully modeled. The man is dressed in a white kilt stretched to his knees, and he is holding a half-rolled papyrus. It is a painted limestone statue with the eyes inlaid with rock crystal, magnesite, copper-arsenic alloy, and nipples made of wood. This sculpture of the Seated Scribe represents a figure of an Egyptian scribe at work over 4,000 years ago. Ancient Egyptian Sculpture of Seated Scribe
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