Assyrian scribes

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Assyrian scribes were trained specialists in ancient Mesopotamia responsible for recording administrative, legal, religious, and literary texts in cuneiform on clay tablets.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assyrian scribes canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf learned elite ⓘ
scribal profession ⓘ
social group ⓘ
activeDuring Middle Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoUsedLanguage Aramaic language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumerian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith royal libraries ⓘ
state bureaucracy ⓘ
temple archives ⓘ
centerOfActivity Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn administrative tablets ⓘ
cuneiform colophons ⓘ
royal correspondence ⓘ
employedBy Assyrian royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ
administrative offices ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
temples ⓘ
gender primarily male ⓘ
practicedIn Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
primaryLanguage Akkadian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiredTrainingIn Sumerian–Akkadian bilingual texts ⓘ
cuneiform sign lists ⓘ
legal formulas ⓘ
lexical lists ⓘ
mathematical texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
scribal schools ⓘ
responsibleFor administrative records ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
economic accounts ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
military reports ⓘ
omen texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
scholarly texts ⓘ
tax records ⓘ
treaties ⓘ
socialRole preserving literary tradition ⓘ
recording state ideology ⓘ
transmitting scholarly knowledge ⓘ
socialStatus educated elite ⓘ
usedMaterial clay ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
wax tablets ⓘ
usedTool reed stylus ⓘ
usedWritingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ
wroteOn clay tablets ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Assyrian → usedBy → Assyrian scribes ⓘ