Hieratic

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Development of hieratic script from hieroglyphs; after Champollion

Hieratic is a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs first used during the 1st Dynasty (c. 2925 BC - c. 2775 BC). Hieratic script was almost always written in ink with a reed pen on papyrus. After about 660 BC, the demotic script replaced hieratic in most secular writing, but hieratic continued to be used by priests for several more centuries.

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A section of the Prisse papyrus from the Biblioth�que nationale de France, containing the Precepts of Kakemna and the Precepts of Ptahhotep in hieratic.

Coptic alphabet
Coptic language
Demotic
Egyptian hieroglyph
Egyptian languages
Egyptian numerals
Hieroglyph
Transliteration of ancient Egyptian

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Basic Lessons in Hieratic

Hieratic

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See also: Hieratic, 29th century BC, 30th century BC, 660 BC, Ancient Egypt, Biblioth�que nationale de France, Coptic alphabet, Coptic language, Cursive