…bears parts of two model letters of the very formal and ultra-poite variety addressed to a superior official. The writers consistently refer to themselves as “this servant” and to their addressees as “the Master (may he live, prosper, and be well.)” The longer letter was composed and written by a young man named Iny-su, son of Sekhsekh, who calls himself a “Servant of the Estate” and who, probably in jest, has used the name of his own brother, Peh-ny-su, as that of the distinguished addressee. Following a long-winded preamble, in which the gods of Thebes and adjacent towns are invoked in behalf of the recipient, we get down to the text of the letter and find that it concerns the delivery of various parts of a ship, probably a sacred barque. In spite of its formality and fine phraseology, the letter is riddled with misspellings and other mistakes which have been corrected in red ink, probably by the master scribe in charge of the class.
adminsreachout on
Fuck, the red marks have existed since before even….just……fuck
Prestigious-Print461 on
So we haven’t evolved much in last 4000 years
Strawberries_Spiders on
Teachers been using red forever
KenseiHimura on
My mom: no one is going to look at your failed tests in a thousand years.
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…bears parts of two model letters of the very formal and ultra-poite variety addressed to a superior official. The writers consistently refer to themselves as “this servant” and to their addressees as “the Master (may he live, prosper, and be well.)” The longer letter was composed and written by a young man named Iny-su, son of Sekhsekh, who calls himself a “Servant of the Estate” and who, probably in jest, has used the name of his own brother, Peh-ny-su, as that of the distinguished addressee. Following a long-winded preamble, in which the gods of Thebes and adjacent towns are invoked in behalf of the recipient, we get down to the text of the letter and find that it concerns the delivery of various parts of a ship, probably a sacred barque. In spite of its formality and fine phraseology, the letter is riddled with misspellings and other mistakes which have been corrected in red ink, probably by the master scribe in charge of the class.
Fuck, the red marks have existed since before even….just……fuck
So we haven’t evolved much in last 4000 years
Teachers been using red forever
My mom: no one is going to look at your failed tests in a thousand years.
Well, looks like it can happen, mom!
Reminds me of this scene from Life of Brian
https://youtu.be/wjOfQfxmTLQ?si=UaKeESVKVFVDuyUW
Welp….off to stone pulling you go!
Use of red pen is that Old?
It’s always been red pen
So the dreaded red corrections have always been a thing….
Wow, so my marking up students’ papers with red ink that used their own friend/family members’ names as the addressees has a very long history!
[reminds me of this scene](https://imgur.com/a/PR6pbzX)
If like me you weren’t sure it was true, it is : [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544319](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544319)
https://i.redd.it/mv8axld7ht9g1.gif
is this AI ??