Literate Egyptian who was in the service of the pharaoh or his nobleman.

One of the most popular in ancient Egypt was the profession of a scribe. The scribes applied hieroglyphs with reed brushes. When writing texts, they used various paints of soot, coal, red ocher. Schools for teaching this profession were located at the court of the pharaohs or in temples. The scribe had the task of recording the decrees of the pharaoh, various legends, stories about the life of ordinary people in the army and in everyday life, they also wrote religious texts. Scribes do not have to pay taxes, they do not have to do manual labor. This profession aroused great respect and was considered prestigious.