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 ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire

Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
alsoUsedLanguage Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Sumerian language ⓘ
associatedWith royal libraries ⓘ
state bureaucracy ⓘ
temple archives ⓘ
centerOfActivity Assur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur

Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Kalhu ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
documentedIn administrative tablets ⓘ
cuneiform colophons ⓘ
royal correspondence ⓘ
employedBy Assyrian royal court ⓘ
administrative offices ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
temples ⓘ
gender primarily male ⓘ
practicedIn Assyria ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
primaryLanguage Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Middle Assyrian → usedBy → Assyrian scribes ⓘ