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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.
Egyptian hieroglyphs (/ ˈ h aɪ r ə ˌ ɡ l ɪ f s /, / ˈ h aɪ r oʊ ˌ ɡ l ɪ f s /) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined logographic , syllabic and alphabetic elements, with more than 100 distinct characters.
- Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Egyptian language
- right-to-left script, left-to-right
- (Proto-writing)Egyptian hieroglyphs
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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.
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 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 23, 2020 · Known in ancient Egyptian as the “language of the gods” and said to have been created by the god of knowledge Thoth, hieroglyphs were vital in the fulfilment of royal duties and were used by powerful pharaohs and their scribes to record the achievements of their reign.
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.
