List of ancient Egyptian scribes
This is a list of Egyptian scribes, almost exclusively from the ancient Egyptian periods.
The hieroglyph used to signify the scribe, to write, and "writings", etc., is Gardiner sign 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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Alphabetic list
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- Ahmes
- Amenemope (author)
- Amenemope (Papyrus Anastasi I)
- Amenhotep, son of Hapu
- Amenmose
- Ani, of the Papyrus of Ani for scribe Ani
- Ankhefenamun
- Butehamun
- Dua-Kheti-("Kheti (scribe)")
- Hesy-Ra
- Hori
- Hunefer
- Imiseba
- Kaaper
- Ken-Amun
- Khakheperresenb
- Menna
- Meryre II
- Mose (scribe)
- Nakht
- Nakhtmin
- Nebamun
- Neferhotep
- Pediamenopet
- Penthu
- Ptahhotep Tshefi
- Ramose (TT7)
- Roy (Egyptian Noble)
- Reni-seneb – owner of the Chair of Reniseneb
- Roy (Egyptian Noble)
- Setau
- The Seated Scribe
List of scribes
List of scribes, especially starting with the
Old Kingdom
of Ancient Egypt.
| Scribe | Time period | Notes |
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Roy (Egyptian Noble)
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c. 1300 BC, 18th dynasty | Owner of tomb TT255 |
| Ahmes | Second Intermediate Period 17th century BC |
part of Rhind Mathematical Papyrus |
| Amenemope | c. 1200 BC, 19th dynasty | Author on papyrus, in Instructions of Amenemopet (12 ft long scroll) |
| Amenemope & Hori | – | Scribes, protagonists of Papyrus Anastasi I |
| Amenhotep, son of Hapu | under Amenhotep III | later deified |
| Ani (scribe) | 19th dynasty
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the Papyrus of Ani, or scribe Ani (a Book of the Dead) |
Chancellor Bay
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for Siptah | started as "scribe and butler" A life of 'king's servant' and many duties; ordered killed before Siptah dies (in 1 year) a foreigner, and not buried in the tomb he had overseen (1 of 3) |
| General Djehuty | important general for Thutmosis III
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many titles Royal Scribe, etc. |
| Dua-Kheti | – | possible author of: 1-The Satire of the Trades 2-Instructions of Amenemhat |
| Hesy-Ra | scribe for Pharaoh 3rd dynasty )
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Noted for his wood panels (archaic hieroglyphs) |
| Hori & Amenemope | – | Scribes, protagonists of Papyrus Anastasi I |
| Hunefer | – | – |
| Irtyrau | Female scribe ( Nitocris I )
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TT390 |
Khakheperresenb[1]
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ca. 2000 BC | – |
| Menna | – | Tomb of Menna, Theban Tomb 69-TT69 Scribe of the Fields of the King |
| Meryre II | Amarna Period | (Royal Scribe, etc., for Tomb of Meryra II
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| Nakht | Reign of Thutmose IV | Tomb at TT52 Scribe and "Astronomer of Amun" |
| Nakhtmin | The King's Scribe other titles, including Fan-bearer on the Right Side of the King |
under Tutankhamun Created 5 ushabtis as presentation pieces for Tutankhamun's funeral. (the shabti photo is at Nakhtmin; wood ushabti, some gilded gold, 6-columns of hieroglyphs, (Ht: 0.62m, (62 cm)))[2] |
| Nebamun | – | Tomb of Nebamun |
| "Nebmerutef" | 18th dynasty
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2–"Baboon-(Thoth) and Scribe" statues the baboon-(as Thoth), the Symbolic God for the scribe, (see Tutelary deity) |
| Penthu | Amarna period | – |
| Ptahhotep Tshefi (grandson of Ptahhotep) |
6th Dyn. /25th-24th century BC
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Suspected author of his grandfather's precepts: The Maxims of Ptahhotep (see Ptahhotep) |
| Ramose | (reign of Ramesses II) |
lived at Deir el-Medina created for himself: TT7, TT212, TT250 Scribe in the Place of Truth |
| Reni-seneb | Dynasty 18 | owner of the Chair of Reniseneb on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (see Caning (furniture)) (See also: a Dynasty XII scribe, Reny-seneb, article Pah Tum.) |
Roy
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Scribe | TT255 |
| Senu | 18th dynasty
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Scribe of the Army (Stele and inscribed tomb enclosure) Tuna el-Gebel necropolis |
| Setau | was "Viceroy of Kush", during reign of Ramesses II | in youth, was: "Chief Scribe of the Vizier" |
| Thanuny (Tjanuny) |
(reign of Thutmosis III )
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TT74; Royal Scribe, and Army Commander, (Commander of Soldiers) an extensive chronicle of Thutmosis' military exploits Tjaneni records the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) at Karnak, Hall of Annals |
| The Seated Scribe | 4th dynasty
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A painted, lifelike seated statue in the Louvre |
Theban Tomb list of scribes
Scribes from the Theban Tombs.
- TT7–Ramose (TT7)-Scribe in the Place of Truth
- TT17–Nebamon-(scribe title)
- TT21–User-(scribe title)
- TT23–Tjay-(or To)-(scribe title)
- TT38–Djeserkaraseneb(Djeser-ka-ra-sen-b)-(scribe+title)
- TT49–Neferhotep-(scribe title)
- TT52–Nakht-Scribe, "Astronomer of Amun"
- TT56–Userhet-(titles)
- TT57–Khaemhat-(titles)
- TT65–Imiseba/Nebamon-(titles)
- TT69–Menna-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–NefersekherU-(scribe title)
- TT136–Unknown-Royal Scribe
- TT147–Heby/Unknown-(scribe-etc.)
- TT226–Unknown-Royal Scribe
- Roy (Egyptian Noble)-Royal Scibe
- TT347–Hon-Scribe
- TT350–Unknown-Scribe
- TT351–Apau(ApaU)-Scribe of Cavalry
- TT364–Amenemheb-(scribe title)
- TT365–NefermenU(Nefermenu)-(scribe title)
- TT370–Unknown-Royal Scribe
- TT373–Amenmessu-(scribe title)
- TT374–Amenemopet-Treasury Scribe
- TT387–Meryptah-(scribe title)
- TT390–Irty-RaU(Irtyrau)-Female Scribe-etc.
- TT403–Merymaat-Temple Scribe
- TT406–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 and revered with a
block statue. (The original block statue started with the Tomb of Hetep, Saqqara, 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.[3]
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- Khay-(scribe)–New Kingdom-Thoth-(tutelary of Scribes)-honored in Shrine-form-(Naos)(at Louvre)
- Nebnetro-(scribe)–honors Egyptian God figures: extensive hieroglyph story-(+plinth inscription)
- Unknown1-(scribe)–at British Museum
Non-scribe, ancient Egyptians portrayed as "seated scribes"
- 18th dynasty (1320s to 1290s BC), vizier during the reign of Horemheb. "Seated scribe", statue remainder, the 'bust'. Shown here: Paramessu
See also
- List of Theban Tombs
- Theban Necropolis
References
- Bate, The Burden of the Past and the English Poet (1970) by Walter Jackson Bate.
- 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 ISBN 1-58663-032-6}
- Shaw. ISBN 0-19-815034-2)
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