This short study of how the various trades of the Teaching of Khety are described and how they are depicted in other sources show that the contents of the Satire are mostly focused on tasks and gestures not always relevant regarding actual chaînes opératoires, but useful in order to convey the global emphasis of the text.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• First part: the Teaching of Khety and its trades’ hierarchy
• The listed crafts and their social reality
• 1. Translation of the Teaching of Khety
• 2. The list of crafts in the Teaching of Khety and comparative texts
• 3. Crafts’ analysis through multimodal data
  • 3.1. Sources and statistics: texts
  • 3.2. Sources and statistics: iconography
  • 3.3. qs.tj, “sculptor”
  • 3.4. Metalworkers: nby, “goldsmith”, and ḥm.tj, “coppersmith”
  • 3.5. Woodworkers: ḥmww, “woodworker”, and mḏḥ, “carpenter”
  • 3.6. ms-ʿȝ.t, “stonemason”
  • 3.7. j.qdw-nḏs.t, “potter”, and j.qdw-jnb, “builder, mason”
  • 3.8. kȝry, “gardener”
  • 3.9. ʿḥw.tj, “farmer”
  • 3.10. ṯbw, “leatherworker”, “tanner”
  • 3.11. rḫ.tj, “laundryman”
  • 3.12. wḥʿ ȝpd.w, “fowler”, and wḥʿ rmw.w, “fisher”
  • 3.13. The invisible trades
    • 3.13.1. bṯyw, “reed-worker”
    • 3.13.2. ẖʿqw, “barber”
    • 3.12.3. qnyw, “weaver”
    • 3.13.4. jrjw-ʿḥȝw, “arrow-maker”
    • 3.13.5. sḫḫ.tj, “courier”
    • 3.13.6. sṯnyw, “heater”
    • 3.14. Conclusion: a possible hierarchy
  • 4. Comparison between the Teaching of Khety and suggested hierarchy
  • 5. Conclusion
• Second part: the description of the trades in the Teaching of Khety put to the test of ancient sources A multimodal view on “chaîne opératoire”
  • 1. Depictions of crafts and their tangible reality
    • 1.1. qs.tj, “sculptor” & nby, “goldsmith” (§4,1)
    • 1.2. ḥm.tj, “coppersmith” (§4,2-3)
    • 1.3. ḥmww, “woodworker” (§5,1-3), and mḏḥ, “carpenter” (§11,1-3)
    • 1.4. ms-ʿȝ.t, “stonemason” (§6,1-3)
    • 1.5. ẖʿqw, “barber” (§7,1-3)
    • 1.6. bṯyw, “reed-worker” (§8,1-3)
    • 1.7. j.qdw-nḏs.t, “potter” (§9,1-6) and j.qdw-jnb, “builder, mason” (§10,1-5)
    • 1.8. kȝry, “gardener” (§12-1-4)
    • 1.9. ʿḥw.tj, “farmer” (§13,1-6)
    • 1.10. qnyw, “weaver” (§14,1-4)
    • 1.11. jrjw-ʿḥȝw,“arrow-maker”(§15,1-4)
    • 1.12. sḫ(ȝ)ḫ.tj,“courier”(§16,1-4)
    • 1.13. sṯnyw,“heater(?)”(§17,1-3)
    • 1.14. rḫ.tj, “laundryman” (§19,1-7)
    • 1.15. wḥʿ ȝpd.w, “fowler” (§20,1-3) and wḥʿ rmw.w, “fisher” (§21,1-6)
• 2. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• List of Illustrations and Tables
• List of Egyptian documents