World History Egyptian Project: The Scribe My name is Kareem. I am the senior Scribe to my Pharaoh. I am one of the most important government officials in Egypt. I have a lot of control over the construction of the new temple. I am much higher on the social ladder than farmers‚ stonemasons‚ and other laborers. I supervise the building of the temple‚ and without me‚ a temple would never be properly built. Scribes not only keep records‚ but we also play an important supervisory role in society. My
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The statue portrays a boxer seated with his arms resting on his knees‚ his head turned to the right and slightly raised with mouth open (fig. 4). The figure is naked except for his boxing gloves‚ which are of an ancient Greek type with strips of leather attached to a ring around the knuckles and fitted with woolen padding (fig. 5)‚ and the infibulations of his penis by tying up the foreskin‚ which was both for protection and an element of decorum. The boxer is represented just after a match. His
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Steleophorus Scribe is idealized without body fat‚ blemishes‚ signs of aging or any unique characteristics with close attention paid to the Egyptian Canon of Proportions. Seated Scribe is created naturalistically with fat rolls and without patterned or stylized hair. Even the positions the figures are posed in are near identical‚ as they are both sitting in a way. However‚ Seated Scribe is clearly more well-rendered than Steleophorus Statue‚ which is clear in the face‚ torso‚ hair and legs of Seated Scribe
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Compare and Contrast Essay Many artifacts and old ancient works of art seem to have similarities and differences amongst one another. The Egyptian Sculpture of Khafre can easily be compared to the Seated Scribe by the way they are created and for the purposes of their creation. The Egyptian Sculpture of Khafre is one of three current pyramids to still have sustained their veneer. It is also duly noted because of the Great Sphinx behind the Khafre Valley temple. The sculpture has a feature called
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Often depicted with a scribal reed and palette‚ or a papyrus roll‚ Thoth was also the patron deity of scribes (Wilkinson 2003: 215). He was a writer deity beyond just being a scribe‚ however. He was also credited with inventing writing – the means of retaining and transmitting knowledge to others‚ furthering his role as a messenger – “and the different languages of humanity”‚ (Pinch 2002: 209; Wilkinson 2003: 216). The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs‚ a writing they held sacred. Images and hieroglyphs
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the inside in honor of the dead pharaohs. Another major piece of art from the Old Kingdom was the Seated Scribe. It was made from limestone and is one of the first examples of realism in Egyptian art. He has realistic features rather than idealistic features like the pharaohs. Even though it looks as if it is a portrait of a specific person‚ it is not. It is just a conventional image of a typical scribe of that time. One thing that makes this piece so special is that the color still remains fully in
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sculpture. Haremhab was a royal scribe and generalissimo of the army under King Tutankhamun or Aya‚ Late Dynasty 18‚ 1327-1323 B.C. He continued to serve during the reign of Aya‚ and then became king himself. This statue was made before he ascended the throne. Haremhab’s own choice to be represented as a scribe indicates the importance of literacy in Egypt; it also puts Haremhab in an age-old tradition of depicting a great official as a "wise man‚" that is‚ a scribe. He sits slightly hunched over
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Reflective Account On an occasion at work I was aware of a staff member communicating very negatively‚ for example sighing and tutting and general negativity. Supervision was due so it was brought into meeting that last had concerned had noticed a change in the person’s general attitude‚ I asked if there was a specific reason and was told there was not. Although they agreed that they were being negative. We discussed the workload and it was decided it was not that. It was mentioned by the staff
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tat period? Be able to identify the civilization of where the art piece came from of the following works: The slide will be shown without the title. a. Votive Figure of a Nobleman Sumerian Kingdom/Mesopotamia Kingdom b. Seated Scribe Ancient Egypt c. Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut Ancient Egypt d. Ziggurat at Ur Ancient Mesopotamia e. Step Pyramid of Zoser Ancient Egypt f. The Great Pyramid Ancient Egypt g. Mycenarinus and
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revolved nearly completely around religion. The most worshipped god was the supreme god Amun-Ra (can also be spelled as Amun-Re) It was believed that he had created all the gods‚ and heaven and earth. He is usually depicted as a man either standing or seated on a throne wearing a crown with the sun disk. Ra was also worshipped as the creator of gods and men. Every day when the sun set‚ Egyptians believed that he would go to war with Apepi‚ the serpent god‚ and fight through the night till the sun would
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