The scribes consist of Paheri, Senenmut, Tjanuni, Amenemhat, Tutankhamun, Haremhab, Dedia, Inena, Hori, and Djehutimose Tjaroy, and chapters address issues like their tasks, literacy (including royal and womenAEs literacy), criteria for the term of scribe, its role beyond the administrative realm, and the boundaries between scribes and draughtsmen and soldiers.