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A Female Scribe In The Twenty Sixth Dynasty [Iretrau], Heba Maher
A Female Scribe In The Twenty Sixth Dynasty [Iretrau], Heba Maher
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists
(En)
This research studies Iretrau’s ‘sS-sHm.t’, which was mentioned several times in her tomb. This is a clear reference to literacy. It is notable that Iretrau and her position as a scribe is one of the most complicated issues, due to the lack of texts written by her as a male scribe, as well as the absence of writing tools in her tomb. However, there are many other reasons for looking at Iretrau as a literate woman who held a scribal position with actual duties according to previous indications. The fact that Iretrau used the very plain …