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Scribes were among the most respected workers in ancient Egypt. Following the religious god Thoth, they are depicted in hieroglyphics as having used wooden palettes, brushes, pens made from Nile reeds and rolls of papyrus. Scribes in training practiced on a substance called ostraca, which is a piece of easily attainable pottery or stone that was less expensive to make. Red and black were the primary colors of their ink, typically made of a mixture of soot, gum and red oxide.
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EzraScribes in ancient Egypt have the same role as scribes during the Dynasties of China, or Mayan scribes. Many people in ancient civilizations where illiterate, and so had to employ a scribe to write. Rulers would sometimes dictate documents to their scribe, who would write it down as an official letter.
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Someone Who could write in ancient Egypt?
It's a scribe.
Person who wrote and kept records in Ancient Egypt?
In ancient civilisations it was the scribe
In ancient Egypt the person whose job was to write and keep records was called?
they were called a scribe
What is the role for men in ancient Egypt?
The men in ancient Egypt did work depending on their jobs, eg. scribe, builder, vizier, noble, farmer, etc.
What is a scribe and explain the processes of becoming a scribe?
in ancient Egypt, only men could be scribes and as children, they studied over 700 hieroglyphs in a few years before becoming a scribe
