Craftsmen and writers in ancient Egyptian sculpture

 

Craftsmen and writers 

in ancient Egyptian sculpture

A beautifully decorated tomb one of the tombs built by a legendary craftsman The largest and most beautiful tomb Temple for the pharaoh and created activities for the priests of ancient Egypt officials and carpenters who helped to gather natural resources to create food sources Monuments temples houses statues of the writer of Dersendaj the Egyptian writer is an important figure who developed social traditions From carpenters blacksmiths and scribes to ancient Egyptian paintings and hieroglyphics and also played a part in bringing natural ingredients to food

Seated figure of Dersenedj and his wife Nefretka

It created the careers of craftsmen writers and clerks the official positions and the writing of sections for the woodworking materials used in the production of agreed-upon and more than one carpenter from being part of the building and was an important part of keeping the cultural tradition alive with the times with writers teaching the third basic form of human representation in ancient Egyptian sculpture the purpose of which was to record professional and social status These skills served in diplomatic work by contacting other important dynasties

Carpenters in Rekhmire's tomb

Dersenedj, a high-ranking official writer and his wife Nofretka c. 2400 BC were scholars who played a role in shaping the social culture of Egypt celebrated in numerous texts, developed a tradition of education to meet the needs of society painters and craftsmen who decorated tombs and antiquities carpenters of the 5th Dynasty who lived and worked in villages or workshops with other craftsmen tools techniques and activities of daily life of carpenters the Ptahhotep Dynasty shows carpenters using planks of wood connected by tenons and miters

Ancient Egypt Rose Granite Funerary Statue of Scribe Der-senedj,

 Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty, 2450-2400 BC; from Giza, West Cemetery

Held together by the strong construction concept of large limestone blocks to build pyramids and temples they created a variety of wooden objects and structures and were also skilled professionals who contributed greatly to the material culture and rituals of ancient Egyptian funeral festivals Carpentry was important in Ptolemaic Egypt using woods such as palm dung willow and sycamore for furniture roofing and other items Weapons used in battle with the skilled craftsmen who built them to defeat the enemy A model of work by craftsmen working at the Temple of Amon in Karnak. A carpenter using a bow drill to drill holes along the edge of a bed to thread ropes for weaving mattresses

Metjen, a high-ranking official of the Third Dynasty

In the organization of festivals and rituals supervised by the high officials of ancient Egypt, Metjen of the Third Dynasty according to tomb inscriptions worked and lived under the rule of the Pharaohs Huni and Snefe According to the tomb inscriptions Metjen was the son of Inpu-em-ankh a high official working in contact with other important royal families court judges and royal ministers Metjen's mother was the high priest Neb-senet. Metjen's sons are said to have taken care of and managed the food and material resources needed to ensure the abundance of food and nature The main species that flourished during the pharaonic period in Egypt were the acacia fig and tamarisk trees The variety of trees that could be used was often only seen on the walls of tombs and temples with only a few species.