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Hieratic (/ h aɪ ə ˈ r æ t ɪ k /; Ancient Greek: ἱερατικά, romanized: hieratiká, lit. 'priestly') is the name given to a cursive writing system used for Ancient Egyptian and the principal script used to write that language from its development in the third millennium BCE until the rise of Demotic in the mid-first millennium BCE.
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This article discusses hieratic and Demotic script in Roman times, scribes, Egyptian literature in the Roman period, texts from the belles-lettres, scientific and scholarly texts, religious texts, and the end of pagan Egyptian literature.
The meaning of HIERATIC is constituting or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing simpler than the hieroglyphic. How to use hieratic in a sentence.
the form of ancient Egyptian writing that developed from early hieroglyphics and was used, especially by priests, from around 3200–3000 BCE until the development of demotic in around 650 BCE: The extract, probably part of a larger piece copied out for scribal practice, is written in hieratic. Compare.
Hieratic, the cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs, was in fact employed throughout the pharaonic period for administrative and literary purposes, as a faster and more convenient method of writing; thus, its Greek designation is a misnomer.
May 23, 2018 · hieratic. views 2,285,739 updated May 23 2018. hi·er·at·ic / ˌhī (ə)ˈratik / • adj. of or concerning priests: he raised both his arms in an outlandish hieratic gesture. ∎ of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of abridged hieroglyphics used by priests.
Definition. The word "Demotic" refers to both the natural developmental stage of the Egyptian language in the Late Period (664–332 b.c.e.), Ptolemaic Period (332–30 b.c.e.), and Roman Period (30 b.c.e.–395 c.e.), as well as a new script. The script developed from a highly cursive form of hieratic, the cursive form of hieroglyphs.
