Scribes. Les artisans du texte en Egypte ancienne. Extrême-Orient and serving of liquids—for too

and serving of liquids—for too long overshadowed by funerary ceramics

professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Elle fait affleurer ainsi le tissu d’une vie d’homme et de poète

les chats se prélassent discrètement dans la littérature du Moyen Age

Scribes. Les artisans du texte en Egypte ancienne. Extrême-Orient and serving of liquids—for tooDid the Egyptians invent bureaucracy? It's difficult to answer, given that ritual, patronage networks, and oral tradition must have played at least as important a role as formal written procedures. What is certain, however, is that during the New Kingdom, between 1500 and 1070 BC, Egypt took on the dimensions of an empire. From Nubia to Syria, the resources to be exploited and administered were immense. It is therefore no coincidence that this period