Class set of papyrus and rushes
Write with rushes like the ancient Egyptians!
A historically authentic material.
Bring ancient Egypt back to life.
Write names with the hieroglyphic chart.
Contents:
30 rushes, 30 cm
30 papyrus 10 x 20 cm
Detailed description
Hieroglyphic table
PGI Papyrus
made from hand-laid papyrus, produced in Egypt
fair trade with controlled cultivation
paintable with pens and watercolours
| Aspiration scale: | Easy |
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History
Almost simultaneously with the oldest scripts in Mesopotamia and the Near East, hieroglyphic writing emerged in Egypt around 3000 BC. With the emergence of the central state, the need arose to be able to record administrative and economic processes in writing. This inevitably led to the development of the profession of scribe, which was crucial for the proper continuation of state affairs and thus for the preservation of the state and its administration. This profession opened the door to important positions in administration and business.Education
The pupils came from different social classes and started their education at the age of five to ten. In accordance with the requirements of administration and business, the education of scribes primarily included knowledge of writing. In addition, they possessed special knowledge that was necessary for economic life, such as for writing documents and contracts. They also learned the basic rules of mathematics and how to calculate areas and volumes. In the Old Kingdom, the training of scribes was organised in such a way that one or more pupils were apprenticed to a scribe and thus learned this profession. Often the children of scribes in turn took up this profession. Through the different times, not only the state administration but also the temple and military administration increasingly needed trained scribes.For talented scribes, further training as interpreters was also an option. At the time of Amenophis III and under Akhenaten there were also scribes who could write international correspondence in cuneiform. Hieroglyphic writing was not suitable for rapid writing, so hieratic cursive writing was used in parallel. Learning took place through writing down and repeated recitation or questioning. In a world of very limited retention, training the memory was the only means to have all important information quickly available later in professional life.
Instructions for painting papyrus