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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000034 Page Title: Limestone Statue of Scribe Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids. Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 33) Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn Description: Scrapbook page containing a photograph of a limestone statue of a scribe, annotated with information about Egyptian rulers and a poem about the role of a scribe. Subjects: Egypt statue scribes Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm Annotations: Apepi- Shepherd King. Apepi built a great temple to Set at Zoan or Tanis out of Red Granite. It has fourteen obelisks scattered about the courts and avenues of winged sphinxes. Tradition says that Joseph was prime minister for Apepi. Menepthah. I. The thirteenth son and a successor of Ramses II. His reign was a troublous and disastrous one and during it Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. Pasebxanu I. One of the inglorious kings who helped the decline of Egypt Scribe. "Consider there is not an employment destitute of superior ones, Except the scribe, who is the first. For he who knows letters, he then is better than thee. Shouldst thou walk after great men, tou art to proceed with good knowledge, Do not say proud words. Be sealed in thyself alone." Old Poem Language: English, photograph titled in French Rights: No known restrictions. Coverage: Egypt Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information. Format: Scrapbooks Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints BPL Department: Print Department Photo 1: Photographer: Sébah, J. Pascal Title: Mus: Ghiseh statue don 205 scribe acroupie Caption: Found at Sakkara January 31- 1893. It closely resembles the famous scribe of the Louvre and is possible of IV or Vth Dynasty. Limestone. Date: ca. 1860-1890 |
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December 21, 1892—March 8, 1893
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| Source | Limestone Statue of Scribe |
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William Vaughn Tupper
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