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Scribes Writing Lists
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Scribes writing lists, Nimrud, late eighth century BCE. Two Assyrian scribes, standing side by side, make lists of booty as it comes in. One writes on a clay tablet and the other writes on a scroll. 

Places:

Calah, Assyria (Nimrud, Iraq)

Date:

Late 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Scribal culture, War, Finance, Violence

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Sculpture
Relief of two standing figures in profile, wearing long tunics and curly hair, writing and another figure standing opposite them.
Bulla of Gemaryahu son of Shaphan
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Bulla of Gemaryahu son of Shaphan, Jerusalem (City of David), late 7th or early 6th century BCE. This clay seal impression belonged to Gemaryahu, who was likely the scribe Gemariah son of Shaphan…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Writing, Scribal culture, Jerusalem, Archaeology
Round clay piece inscribed with Hebrew.
Scribe Writing
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Scribe writing, Sakkara, Egypt, ca. 2625–2350 BCE. The ease with which Baruch’s scroll was cut and burned in Jeremiah 36:23 indicates that it was written on papyrus, not leather. In this limestone…

Places:

Sakkara, Egypt

Date:

ca. 2625–2350 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Writing, Scribal culture

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Sculpture
Sculpture of man sitting cross legged with scroll in his lap.