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Assyrian scribes




Assyrian scribes


‎This fresco from Tell Ahmar/Til Barsib in northern Syria shows two Assyrian scribes. The left scribe writes with a reed pen on papyrus, the right one is pressing cuneiform characters with a metal stylus on a clay tablet. Hence two of the most important possibilities of taking records are depicted here. Clay tablets, when fired in a kiln, are much more durable than papyrus leaves. The scribes were mainly in the service of the court or the military. The picture is from the early 8th century BCE.
‎2 Sam 8:17; 20:25; 1 Kings 4:3; 12:11; 18:18; 19:2; 22:3, 22:8–10; Ezra 4:8, 4:9, 4:17, 4:23; Neh 13:13; Ps 45:1; Isa 10:1; 36:3, 36:22; 37:2; Jer 8:8; 36:10; Ezek 9:2


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