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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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hieratic script, ancient Egyptian cursive writing, used from the 1st dynasty (c. 2925–c. 2775 bce) until about 200 bce. Derived from the earlier, pictorial hieroglyphic writing used in carved or painted inscriptions, hieratic script was generally written in ink with a reed pen on papyrus; its cursive form was more suited to such a medium than ...
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Undoubtedly the most troublesome aspect of reading Hieratic is the large number of signs that resemble one another to a greater or lesser degree. In some cases, e.g., the similarity of certain earthenware vessels, the distinction between forms is, to a certain extent, academic.
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Hieratic numerals. As administrative and accounting texts were written on papyrus or ostraca, rather than being carved into hard stone (as were hieroglyphic texts), the vast majority of texts employing the Egyptian numeral system utilize the hieratic script.
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May 23, 2018 · hieratic. 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. Compare with demotic. ∎ of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to early methods as laid down by ...
