Question

Explain the difficulties faced by the scribes while writing inscriptions

Answer 1

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ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀɪᴀɴs ғᴀᴄᴇ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴍᴀɴᴜsᴄʀɪᴘᴛs. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏ ᴘʀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴇss ɪɴ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴅᴀʏs sᴏ sᴄʀɪʙᴇs ᴄᴏᴘɪᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴᴜsᴄʀɪᴘᴛs ʙʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ. ᴍᴀɴᴜsᴄʀɪᴘᴛ ᴄᴏᴘʏɪɴɢ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴀɴ ᴇᴀsʏ ᴊᴏʙ. ... ᴀs ᴀ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀɪᴀɴs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴀɴᴜsᴄʀɪᴘᴛ ᴠᴇʀsɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴜᴇss ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ.

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Answer 2

The historians face several difficulties in using manuscripts.

There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand.

As a result historians have to read different manuscript versions of the same text to guess what the author had originally written.