History · 14 · Hoshayahu
Tablet-houses and houses of life
Mesopotamian schools were called 'tablet-houses'; Egyptian ones 'houses of life.' Students learned to prepare writing materials and copy hundreds of signs.
School was rote and harsh.
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Tutors pressed signs on one side of a tablet; students copied them on the back. Their practice tablets show struggles and doodles.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 224
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