The early Egyptians recognized that writing was the foundation of ordered life and government. Scribes were the clerks and secretaries of ancient Egypt, responsible for the tasks of recording history and expressing everyday and extraordinary happenings in ancient Egypt. Ideas, discoveries, wisdom and experience no longer died with the individual, but could be transmitted through endless generations.
A boy who became a scribe had put his feet on the first rung of the great ladder of official life. He was exempted from hard work, trouble and hard labour. He was treated with a great deal of respect, he never wanted for food, and anything he wanted was given to him out of the royal stores. He could become a wise man of the court, a leader of other men or even an ambassador.
"The Scribe"
There he sits so peacefully
On my desk just looking at me -
At this, the turning point of the night -
Legs folded, back straight, aware, upright.
I long to know what his words say
Opened across his lap that way
Through images created by colors divine
Floating from his thoughts to mine.
Write the story... the story tells
Of herbal solutions and mystic spells.
The positive energy transferred through love
Is the power which the scribe writes of.
From the Valley of the Kings and Queens
His message is clearly received, it seems -
Transcending the universe in space and time
To share his wisdom of love sublime.
With thanks I admire his posture and form.
Wrapped in these thoughts I'm cozy and warm.
I thank the universe and powers that be
For bringing this message home to me.
Without the work the scribes left behind, we would find no meaning in the Rosetta Stone. The inscriptions within the temples and tombs of Egypt would be absent. Legends of the gods and goddesses would have been lost in time, and we would know very little about the ancient Egyptian way of doing things. What we know and understand about the Egyptians we owe to the diligent scribes of the ancient world.
Dimensions: Height: 13 cms / 5 ins;
Weight: 350 gms / 12 oz.
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