Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ancient_Egyptian_hieroglyphs
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:writing_system
gptkbp:category gptkb:Egyptology
gptkb:Abjads
gptkb:Logograms
Ancient writing systems
Pictograms
gptkbp:decipheredBy gptkb:Jean-François_Champollion
gptkbp:deciphermentHelpedBy gptkb:Rosetta_Stone
gptkbp:directionA left to right
right to left
top to bottom
gptkbp:hasDeterminatives yes
gptkbp:hasIdeograms yes
gptkbp:hasPhoneticSigns yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Meroitic_script
gptkb:Proto-Sinaitic_script
gptkb:Coptic_script
gptkbp:ISO15924 Egyp
gptkbp:lastAttested 4th century CE
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 700
gptkbp:originatedIn circa 3200 BCE
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Demotic_script
gptkb:Hieratic_script
gptkbp:script alphabetic
logographic
syllabic
gptkbp:status extinct
gptkbp:unicodeBlock gptkb:Egyptian_Hieroglyphs
gptkbp:usedBy priests
scribes
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:religion
gptkb:Book_of_the_Dead
gptkb:Coffin_Texts
gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
temple inscriptions
funerary texts
monumental inscriptions
administrative documents
royal decrees
tomb inscriptions
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:writingSystem boustrophedon
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:newspaper
gptkb:stone
gptkb:Egyptian_language
wood
ostraca
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Temple_of_Karnak
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6