Scribes: One Of The Noblest And Highly Recommended Professions In Ancient Egypt
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egypt did not have a public school system, so the average Egyptian could neither read nor write. It is estimated that fewer than 1% of Egyptians—at least during the Old Kingdom—were literate.
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Therefore, scribes were in high demand across the country. They represented the largest group of workers (after farmers), including thousands of officials, individuals hired to handle various accounts, official correspondence for large estates, and many freelancers.
Successful scribes never had to do manual labor like others, and society widely respected them.
Sources about ancient Egyptian scribes are known not only from tombs and depictions but also from papyri, various seals, and graffiti.
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