Daily Life-Crafts and Trade

Chioma Modilim

         Craftspeople had many jobs

• Some craftspeople were sandal makers.
• Craftspeople worked as stone carvers and sculptors also.
• Some of the craftspeople worked as jewelers and carpenters.
• Some of the craftspeople were also painters, potters, weavers.
• There were also some craftspeople who worked as leather workers and metalworkers.

They made things in their jobs for the pharaohs and the people

• The craftspeople who were maybe painters, potters, weavers, stone carvers, sculptors or metalworkers made art for the pharaohs.
• Craftspeople not only made art for the pharaohs but for the wealthy families as well.
• The jewelers made jewelry with gold and stones.
• The carpenters worked to make highly finished furniture.
• Craftspeople who were sculptors made statues out of bronze, glass, and clay

Trade

• Craftspeople were the people who made and traded the things that the Egyptians needed to prosper, or otherwise trade.
• The things that the craftspeople made for the things to trade were things like copper, linen, gemstones, and various minerals
• They traded the things that they had for things like timber, iron, silver, tin, and lead.
• They might go into to town to trade some if there extra farm produce for such treasured objects

Social Structure

• Craftspeople were paid with food and other goods.
• The craftspeople also lived much better than the lower class people.
• Craftspeople also got to hang out with the royal children and families.
• The craftspeople held a status in society if they were master craftspeople.

 

Citations:

(Image): http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/images/life41a.jpg9/16/15 Web

(Image): http://reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/pottery/potter.jpg 9/16/15 Web

(Website): André.Aspects of Life in Ancient Egypt. http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/index.html.9/15/15.Web

(Website): Akhet Egyptology.The Horizion to the Past. http://www.akhet.co.uk/cairo.htm9/15/15.Web