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Scribe — OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Classics · key term

Scribe

Definition

A person trained to write documents and keep records.

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OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199

Paper 3

Scribes kept these records on clay tablets using a writing system called Linear B.
Revise: Linear B tablets

OCR Classical Civilisation past papers

Related key terms

Decipherment
Ideogram
Inventory
Linear B
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