An Egyptian Priest and Scribedetails

An Egyptian Priest and Scribe

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Scribes in ancient egypt seem to have been valued and inportant; a scribe was a high-ranking job, unlike in the Levant in the first century, when they were often slaves.

The picture shows the bare-headed priest in a white robe walking down some steps. On the other side of him the scribe.

The sketch here omits a lot of the detail of the painting, which included three barefoot and topless children at the top of the steps and a lot of flowers. However, it does convey much of the atmosphere of the original.

art, paintings, priests, stairs, scribes, ancient egypt, religion, rituals

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