Hieratic script

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ancient Egyptian script writing system

Hieratic script is an ancient Egyptian cursive writing system derived from hieroglyphs, primarily used for religious texts, administrative records, and everyday writing on papyrus.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hieratic script canonical 4
Egyptian hieratic 1
Egyptian hieratic script 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWith palace administration ⓘ
religious institutions ⓘ
temple administration ⓘ
characteristic ligatured signs ⓘ
more abstract signs than hieroglyphs ⓘ
simplified hieroglyphic forms ⓘ
coexistedWith Coptic script ⓘ
Demotic script ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
derivedFrom Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
hasVariant abnormal hieratic ⓘ
influenced Demotic script ⓘ
inkColor black ink ⓘ
red ink ⓘ
languageWritten Egyptian language ⓘ
primarilyUsedBy scribes ⓘ
region Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Nile Valley ⓘ
replacedBy Demotic script ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
scriptFamily Egyptian scripts ⓘ
timePeriodEnd around 600 BCE ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ
timePeriodStart Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt

around 3000 BCE ⓘ
usedFor Book of the Dead ⓘ
surface form: Book of the Dead manuscripts

administrative records ⓘ
funerary texts ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
mathematical texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
scientific texts ⓘ
usedInPeriod Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
writingMedium linen ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
wooden tablets ⓘ
writingSurfaceOrientation horizontal lines ⓘ
writingSystemType cursive ⓘ
writingTool reed brush ⓘ
reed pen ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Busiris → writingSystemUsed → Hieratic script ⓘ
Meroitic script → relatedTo → Hieratic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian hieratic
18th Dynasty of Egypt → hasWritingSystem → Hieratic script ⓘ
20th Dynasty of Egypt → writingSystem → Hieratic script ⓘ
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt → writingSystem → Hieratic script ⓘ
Turin Erotic Papyrus → writingSystem → Hieratic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian hieratic script