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Zusatztext Allon and Navratilova take readers on a New Kingdom journey, unrolling the lives of ten iconic Egyptians to reveal the true individuals between the lines and their elusive office. An absolute must-read. Informationen zum Autor Niv Allon is Assistant Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Hana Navratilova is an egyptologist and author of The Visitors' Graffiti of Dynasties XVIII and XIX in Abusir and Northern Saqqara (2007). Vorwort An introduction to the scribal culture of the New Kingdom through in-depth case studies of scribes and figures who assumed this title Zusammenfassung 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. 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, and ensuring accessibility for students and non-specialists, the various roles and identities of the scribes are presented in a way that offers structured information on their cultural identity and self-presentation, and provides readers with an insight into the making of Egyptian written culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Credit listAcknowledgementsList of Illustrations1. Introduction: Exploring the Social Figure of the Scribes2. Prologue - Writing Tools and Hands 3. Counting Grain and Painting Palette: The Tomb of Paheri at Elka4. Senenmut: life at court5. Writing History in Djahi: Tjanuni, the Military Scribe6. Amenemhat: Anger and Graffiti7. Tutankhamun’s Palettes: No King is a Scribe8. Rising through the Ranks: Haremhab and The Case of a Scribal Palette9. Dedia, the Memory Maker, and His Workers10. Inena: The Elusive Copyist 11. Good Scribe - Bad Scribe: Papyrus Anastasi I and The Battle of Scribes12. Djehutimose Tjaroy: Scribe in Times of ChangeEpilogueGlossaryChronology ReferencesIndex...
