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scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...

s, almost exclusively from the ancient Egyptian periods.

The hieroglyph used to signify the scribe, ''to write'', and ''"writings"'', etc., is Gardiner sign Y3, Y3 from the category of: 'writings, games, & music'. The hieroglyph contains the scribe's writing palette, a vertical case to hold writing-reeds, and a leather pouch to hold the colored ink blocks, mostly black and red.

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Ahmes Ahmes ( egy, jꜥḥ-ms “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated Ahmose) was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty (and of the Second Intermediate Period) and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dyna ...

* Amenemope (author) *Amenemope (Papyrus Anastasi I) *

Amenhotep, son of Hapu Amenhotep, son of Hapu (transcribed ''jmn-ḥtp zꜣ ḥꜣp.w''; early-mid 14th century BC) was an ancient Egyptian architect, a priest, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty. ...

* Amenmose *Ani, of the

Papyrus of Ani The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript in the form of a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations that was created c. 1250 BCE, during the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individu ...

for scribe Ani * Ankhefenamun * Butehamun * Dua-Kheti-("Kheti (scribe)") *

Hesy-Ra Hesy-Ra (also read Hesy-Re and Hesire) was an ancient Egyptian high official during the early Third Dynasty of Egypt. His most notable title was ''Wer-ibeḥsenjw'', meaning either "Great one of the ivory cutters" or "Great one of the dentists", ...

* Hori *

Hunefer Hunefer was a scribe during the 19th Dynasty ('' fl.'' c. 1300 BCE). He was the owner of the Papyrus of Hunefer, a copy of the funerary Egyptian Book of the Dead, which represents one of the classic examples of these texts, along with others suc ...

* Imiseba * Kaaper *

Ken-Amun Ken-Amun was overseer of the royal records during the 19th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. He was married to a woman named Isis, who was a singer of the god Atum. His tomb, discovered by Zahi Hawass in 2010 was found in Tell el-Maskhuta, near Ismailia, ...

* Khakheperresenb *

Menna The ancient Egyptian official named Menna carried a number of titles associated with the agricultural estates of the temple of Karnak and the king. Information about Menna comes primarily from his richly decorated tomb ( TT 69) in the necropolis ...

Meryre II Meryre II was an ancient Egyptian noble known as the superintendent of Queen Nefertiti, and held the title of royal scribe, steward, overseer of the two treasuries, overseer of the royal harem of Nefertiti. He had a tomb constructed at Amarna ...

Mose (scribe) Mose was an ancient Egyptian official with the title ''scribe of the treasury of Ptah''. He lived under Ramesses II, around 1250 BC. He is mainly known from his decorated tomb chapel that was excavated by Victor Loret at Saqqara, close to the P ...

Nakht Nakht was an ancient Egyptian official who held the position of a scribe and astronomer of Amun, probably during the reign of Thutmose IV of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He was buried in the Theban Necropolis in tomb TT52. See also * List of ancien ...

Nakhtmin Nakhtmin (also Minnakht) held the position of generalissimo during the reign of pharaoh Tutankhamun of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. His titles during the reign of Tutankhamun included "the true servant who is beneficial to his lord ...

Nebamun Nebamun (fl. ) was a middle-ranking official "scribe and grain accountant" during the period of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt. He worked at the vast temple complex near Thebes (now Luxor) where the state-god Amun was worshipped. His name w ...

* Neferhotep *

Pediamenopet Padiamenope (also known by the hellenised form Petamenophis) was an ancient Egyptian royal scribe and chief lector priest between the late 25th Dynasty and the early 26th Dynasty, known mainly for his immense tomb, one of the largest ever buil ...

Penthu Penthu ( egy, pnṯw) was an Egyptian noble who bore the titles of sealbearer of the King of Lower Egypt, the sole companion, the attendant of the Lord of the Two Lands, the favorite of the good god, king's scribe, the king's subordinate, First ...

*Ptahhotep Tshefi *

Ramose (TT7) Ramose was an ancient Egyptian scribe and artisan who lived in Deir el-Medina on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, during the reigns of Ramesses II. He held the position of Scribe of the Tomb, the highest administrative position for a s ...

* Reni-seneb – owner of the ''

Chair of Reniseneb The ''Chair of Reniseneb'' is an Egyptian wooden chair dated to the 15th century BC. The chair, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, belonged to the Egyptian scribe Reniseneb. Description The Chair was crafted circa 1450 B ...

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Roy (Egyptian Noble) Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from French ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French source ''rei'', Middle French ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave ri ...

Setau Setau was the Viceroy of Kush in the second half of Ramesses II's reign. Contemporary records show that Setau served in this position from Year 38 until at least Year 63 of Ramesses II's reign. Setau was "a graduate of the royal school" and alread ...

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The Seated Scribe The sculpture of the ''Seated Scribe'' or ''Squatting Scribe'' is a famous work of ancient Egyptian art. It represents a figure of a seated scribe at work. The sculpture was discovered at Saqqara, north of the alley of sphinxes leading to the Se ...

List of scribes

List of scribes, especially starting with the

Old Kingdom In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700–2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth ...

of Ancient Egypt.

Theban Tomb list of scribes

Scribes from the Theban Tombs. * TT7–

-''Scribe in the Place of Truth'' *

TT17 The Theban Tomb TT17 is located in Dra Abu el-Naga, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble named Nebamun, who lived during the 18th Dynasty, during ...

–Nebamon-(scribe title) * TT21–User-(scribe title) *

TT23 The Thebes, Egypt, Theban Tomb TT23 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official, Tjay or Thay called To, who was a royal ...

–Tjay-(or To)-(scribe title) * TT38–Djeserkaraseneb(Djeser-ka-ra-sen-b)-(scribe+title) * TT49–Neferhotep-(scribe title) * TT52–

-Scribe, ''"Astronomer of Amun"'' * TT56–Userhet-(titles) *

TT57 The Theban Tomb TT57 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official Khaemhat, who was royal scribe ...

–Khaemhat-(titles) * TT65–Imiseba/Nebamon-(titles) *

TT69 Theban Tomb 69 (TT 69) is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official named Menna, whose titles included ‘Overseer of Fields ...

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-''Scribe of the Fields of the King'' * TT74–Tjanuny-(titles) * TT79–Amenemhat-(scribe title) * TT80–Tutnefer-(titles) * TT82–Piay-(scribe title) * TT102–"Imhotep"-scribe, etc. *

TT107 The Theban Tomb TT1 is located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official, Sennedjem and his family. Description The tomb was fou ...

–NefersekherU-(scribe title) * TT136–Unknown-Royal Scribe * TT147–Heby/Unknown-(scribe-etc.) * TT226–Unknown-Royal Scribe *

TT255 The Theban Tomb TT255 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga'. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The sepulchre is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Roy, who lived at the end of the 18th ...

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-Royal Scibe * TT347–Hon-Scribe * TT350–Unknown-Scribe * TT351–Apau(ApaU)-''Scribe of Cavalry'' * TT364–Amenemheb-(scribe title) * TT365–NefermenU(Nefermenu)-(scribe title) *

TT370 The Theban Tomb TT37 is located in El-Assasif. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Harwa, who was Chief Steward of the God's Wife of A ...

–Unknown-Royal Scribe * TT373–Amenmessu-(scribe title) *

TT374 Tomb TT374, located in the necropolis of El-Khokha in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of the Scribe of the Treasury of the Ramesseum, Amenemope.Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Stat ...

–Amenemopet-Treasury Scribe * TT387–Meryptah-(scribe title) * TT390–Irty-RaU( Irtyrau)-Female Scribe-etc. * TT403–Merymaat-Temple Scribe *

TT406 Tomb TT406, located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of Piay, a scribe of the offering table of the Lord of the Two Lands dated to the Ramesside period. It is located in El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis. ...

–Piay-(scribe title) * TT412–Kenamon-Royal Scribe *(Note: all names ending in "U" show a plural for the last 'hieroglyph "syllable"')

Scribes with block statues

Scribes honored with a

block statue The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The block statue grew in popularity in the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, and by the Late Period, this type of statue was the most ...

. (The original ''block statue'' started with the Tomb of Hetep,

Saqqara Saqqara ( ar, سقارة, ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. ...

, 12th Dynasty as two cuboid statues, one each of granite and limestone, and inscriptions explaining the block form, and exposed limbs receiving the first rays of the morning sun-(to arise out of primordial earth). The granite statue represents the daytime sunlit journey, the limestone the night.Hagan, 2003, 1999, p.128) *Khay-(scribe)–New Kingdom-

Thoth Thoth (; from grc-koi, Θώθ ''Thṓth'', borrowed from cop, Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ ''Thōout'', Egyptian: ', the reflex of " eis like the Ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a ...

-(tutelary of

Scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...

s)-honored in Shrine-form-(Naos)(at

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

) *Nebnetro-(scribe)–honors Egyptian God figures: extensive hieroglyph story-(+plinth inscription) *Unknown1-(scribe)–at

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

Non-scribe, ancient Egyptians portrayed as "seated scribes"

* Prince Setka, son of

Djedefra Djedefre (also known as Djedefra and Radjedef – Modern Greek: ) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He is well known by the Hellenized form of his name Rhatoisēs (Ῥατοίσης) by Manetho. Dj ...

4th dynasty The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Dynasty IV lasted from to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other ...

(typical sitting form, with ''"atypical"'' Flooring enclosure)
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Ramesses I Menpehtyre Ramesses I (or Ramses) was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 19th Dynasty. The dates for his short reign are not completely known but the time-line of late 1292–1290 BC is frequently cited as well as 1295–1294 BC. While Ra ...

(Paramessu), 18th dynasty (1320s to 1290s BC), vizier during the reign of Horemheb. "Seated scribe", statue remainder, the 'bust'. Shown here
Paramessu

References

*Bate, ''The Burden of the Past and the English Poet'' (1970) by

Walter Jackson Bate Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 – July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of Samuel Johnson (1978) and John Keats (1964).

. *Hagen, R. Hagen, R. ''Egypt: People, Gods, Pharaohs,'' Rose-Marie & Rainer Hagen, (Barnes and Noble Books, New York), c 2003, (originally: Taschen, GmbH, Koln, c 2003, 1999); pg. 60; pg. 101. *James, 2000, ''Tutankhamun'', T.G.H. James, Photographs, Araldo de Luca, c 2000, Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. Picture-book, (over-sized), 319 pp. ''List of Objects'', p 316-319, (about 350+). Shabti: "''Shabti'' presented by Minnakhte"-(Nakhtmin), *Shaw. Shaw, Ian, ''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt'', Oxford University Press, 2000. (hardcover, )

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