This paper examines the role of the high-ranking alphabetic scribe in the Achaemenid chancellery through the comparison of literary and documentary sources. On the one hand, it is easy to find in the literature composed or set in this period the character of the royal scribe as powerful advisor to the king; on the other hand, some documents from the satrapies of the Persian Empire suggest focusing on the figure of the so-called saprā bʿel ṭʿem
Potere e prestigio dello scriba-cancelliere in epoca achemenide: una ricostruzione tra testimonianze letterarie e fonti documentarie / D'Imperio, Davide. - (2025), pp. 13-28. ( Potere personale: forme, esercizio e limiti dell'autorità individuale. Seminario delle dottorande e dei dottorandi di Filologia e storia del mondo antico Roma ).
Potere e prestigio dello scriba-cancelliere in epoca achemenide: una ricostruzione tra testimonianze letterarie e fonti documentarie
Davide D'Imperio
2025
Abstract
This paper examines the role of the high-ranking alphabetic scribe in the Achaemenid chancellery through the comparison of literary and documentary sources. On the one hand, it is easy to find in the literature composed or set in this period the character of the royal scribe as powerful advisor to the king; on the other hand, some documents from the satrapies of the Persian Empire suggest focusing on the figure of the so-called saprā bʿel ṭʿemI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
