Writing is the most honorable and highest-status profession
Archaeological excavations have proven that the rulers of the city of Uma in the third millennium BC, that is, in the era of the dawn of the Sumerian dynasties, were working as scribes before assuming their new positions, which is a unique tradition that reflects the high status of the scribe among the people of Mesopotamia.
The Sumerian writer Dodo was the first writer in history, 2400 BC
Writing is considered one of the most honorable and highest-status professions because of its importance in the lives of nations and peoples in general and its spiritual impact on humans in particular, those literary writings that imitate the conscience. Therefore, writing was and still is an evidence of knowledge for humans. An educated person must master writing because it is the key. Science , It is not surprising that the writer enjoyed a prominent social status in a country known for being the inventor of writing, such as Mesopotamia.
In addition, some rulers were given the title of Scribe. For example, the ruler of the city of Eshnunna, Ashu-Elijah, from the Third Dynasty of Ur (2028-2004) in the year BC, was called (Tub Sar), meaning the Scribe.
The cradle of the first writing, where the first phrases were written, and from it writing spread to all parts of the ancient world, and its cuneiform script was a global script par excellence. Such a country that knew the value of writing and what it meant must give the writer a distinguished position in society, and what confirms this is that most of the scribes were sons of city rulers or temple employees. Or the children of military leaders or the children of priests. The great status enjoyed by the writer in ancient Mesopotamia prompted some kings and rulers to send their children to study to learn the secrets of writing and to practice this respected profession. This trend reflects the contents of a number of texts discovered in the excavations of the archaeological city of Uma. It was revealed through studying these texts that the rulers of the city of Uma in the era of the dawn of the Sumerian dynasties 2800-2600 BC were working as scribes before they assumed their new positions, which is a unique tradition of its kind. The opposite of the high status of the writer.
In the Neo-Assyrian era, the scribe was the third person in any administrative organization of the state, palace, or temple.
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Source: Partners of destiny/babylon the gate of gods, creative women in Iraqi civilizations_Lutfia Al-Dulaimi