Research Catalog

Title

Ancient Egyptian Scribes : A Cultural Exploration / Niv Allon and Hana Navratilova.

Author

Allon, Niv

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

Navrátilová, Hana

Description

ix, 203 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Series Statement

Bloomsbury Egyptology

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury Egyptology.

Subject

• Scribes > Egypt
• Scribes > Egypt > Biography
• Literacy > Social aspects > Egypt
• Literacy > Social aspects
• Scribes
• Egypt > History > New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C
• Egypt

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-198) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 17-7721

ISBN

• 9781472583956
• 1472583957

LCCN

2016057215

OCLC

952789636

Author

Allon, Niv, author.

Title

Ancient Egyptian Scribes : A Cultural Exploration / Niv Allon and Hana Navratilova.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury Egyptology

Bloomsbury Egyptology.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-198) and index.

Added Author

Navrátilová, Hana, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-7721