▁figure ▁changed . ▁These ▁changes ▁surv ived ▁through ▁the ▁Th ir teenth ▁to ▁Se vent e enth ▁D ynast ies . ▁Male ▁figures ▁had ▁smaller ▁heads ▁in ▁proportion ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁body , ▁narrow ▁shoulders ▁and ▁wa ists , ▁a ▁high ▁small ▁of ▁the ▁back , ▁and ▁no ▁mus c led ▁lim bs . ▁Fem ale ▁figures ▁had ▁these ▁proport ions ▁more ▁to ▁an ▁extreme ▁with ▁nar ro wer ▁shoulders ▁and ▁wa ists , ▁sl ender ▁lim bs ▁and ▁a ▁higher ▁small ▁of ▁the ▁back ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁keep ▁a ▁distinction ▁between ▁male ▁and ▁female ▁measurements . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁ ▁Richard ▁B . ▁Park inson ▁and ▁Ludwig ▁D . ▁Mor enz ▁write ▁that ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁literature — n arrow ly ▁defined ▁as ▁b elles - let tres ▁(" be aut iful ▁writing ") — w ere ▁not ▁recorded ▁in ▁written ▁form ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁Tw elf th ▁D ynast y . ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁texts ▁served ▁mainly ▁to ▁maintain ▁the ▁divine ▁cult s , ▁preserve ▁sou ls ▁in ▁the ▁after life , ▁and ▁document ▁accounts ▁for ▁practical ▁uses ▁in ▁daily ▁life . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom ▁that ▁texts ▁were ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁entertain ment ▁and ▁intellectual ▁curiosity . ▁Park inson ▁and ▁Mor enz ▁also ▁spec ulate ▁that ▁written ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom ▁were ▁trans cri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁or al ▁literature ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom . ▁It ▁is ▁known ▁that ▁some ▁or al ▁poetry ▁was ▁preserved ▁in ▁later ▁writing ; ▁for ▁example , ▁l itter