Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Egyptian hieroglyphs are the formal, pictorial writing system of ancient Egypt, used for monumental inscriptions, religious texts, and administrative records over several millennia.
Aliases (1)
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian script
→
logoconsonantal script → writing system → |
| componentType |
biliteral signs
→
determinatives → logograms → triliteral signs → uniliteral signs → |
| culturalRole |
religious symbolism
→
royal ideology expression → sacred writing → |
| decipheredBy |
Jean-François Champollion
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|
| deciphermentAid |
Rosetta Stone
→
|
| deciphermentDate |
1822
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|
| earliestAttestation |
Naqada III period
→
c. 3200 BCE → |
| finalPhase |
4th century CE
→
Roman period Egypt → |
| influenced |
Greek alphabet
→
Phoenician alphabet → Proto-Sinaitic script → |
| languageWritten |
Egyptian language
→
Late Egyptian → Middle Egyptian → Old Egyptian → |
| numberOfSigns |
over 1000 signs in later periods
→
over 700 signs in classical period → |
| relatedScript |
Demotic
→
Hieratic → |
| scriptType |
abjad-like
→
alphabetic → logographic → pictographic → |
| standardReference |
Gardiner's sign list
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|
| timePeriod |
late 4th millennium BCE
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until 4th century CE → |
| unicodeBlock |
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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|
| unicodeRange |
U+13000–U+1342F
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|
| usedFor |
administrative records
→
funerary texts → monumental inscriptions → religious texts → royal inscriptions → temple inscriptions → tomb inscriptions → |
| usedIn |
Ancient Egypt
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|
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
→
right-to-left → top-to-bottom → |
| writingMedium |
metal
→
ostraca → papyrus → stone → wood → |
Referenced by (24)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Ancient Egyptian
→
Coffin Texts → Djoser → Early Dynastic Egypt → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → Late Period of Egypt → New Kingdom of Egypt → Old Kingdom of Egypt → Pharaonic Egypt → Pi-Ramesses → Waset → ankh → |
writingSystem |
|
Kushite period
→
Ta-Mehu → Temple of Ellesyia → |
hasWritingSystem |
|
Busiris
→
Narmer → |
writingSystemUsed |
|
Proto-Canaanite script
→
|
derivedFrom |
|
Proto-Canaanite script
→
|
developedFrom |
|
Thutmose IV
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|
scriptUsed |
|
Egyptian hieroglyphs
("Egyptian Hieroglyphs")
→
|
unicodeBlock |
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Ptolemaic Kingdom
→
|
usedScript |
|
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
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|
usedWritingSystem |
|
Egyptians
→
|
writingSystemHistorical |