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TIL I learned that Hieroglyphs had multiple cursive forms used outside of inscriptions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_hieroglyphs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieratic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demotic_(Egyptian)

May 18, 2019, 21:48 · Web · 1 · 0 · 1
May 18, 2019, 21:59
二极管㆙   @0@social.hairydiode.xyz

In fact Hieratics were actually much more commonly used than Hieroglyphics[0].

[0] http://www3.telus.net/public/sjfryer/Egypt/Hieratic/introduction.html

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May 19, 2019, 01:18
二极管㆙   @0@social.hairydiode.xyz

Examples of documents written in Hieratic script:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=36673001&objectId=113983&partId=1

http://www3.telus.net/public/sjfryer/Egypt/Hieratic/Samples/Neni1.htm

http://www3.telus.net/public/sjfryer/Egypt/Hieratic/papyrus/page01.html

An article describing the distinction between Hieroglyphic, Cursive Hieroglyphic, and Hieratic Text:

https://egyptianmoonlover.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/learn-to-recognize-hieratic/

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