Egyptian hieroglyphs

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:writing_system
gptkbp:category ancient scripts
pictographic writing
sacred writing
gptkbp:decipheredBy gptkb:Jean-François_Champollion
gptkbp:deciphermentDate 1822
gptkbp:deciphermentKey gptkb:Rosetta_Stone
gptkbp:directionA bidirectional
gptkbp:extinct yes
gptkbp:firstAttested c. 3300 BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Egyptian hieroglyphs
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Meroitic_script
gptkb:Proto-Sinaitic_script
gptkbp:ISO15924 Egyp
gptkbp:language gptkb:Egyptian_language
gptkbp:lastAttestation 4th century CE
gptkbp:nameInEgyptian gptkb:mdw_nṯr
gptkbp:nameMeaning words of the gods
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Rosetta_Stone
gptkb:Book_of_the_Dead
gptkb:Pyramid_Texts
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 700
gptkbp:parentBody none
gptkbp:region gptkb:Nile_Valley
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Demotic
gptkb:Hieratic
gptkbp:script alphabetic
logographic
syllabic
gptkbp:system gptkb:Demotic
gptkb:Proto-Sinaitic_script
gptkb:Hieratic
gptkbp:unicodeBlock gptkb:Egyptian_Hieroglyphs
gptkbp:usedBy priests
scribes
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:religion
funerary texts
monumental inscriptions
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Ancient_Egypt
gptkbp:usedOn gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:newspaper
temple walls
gptkbp:usedUntil gptkb:late_Roman_period
gptkbp:writingMedium gptkb:newspaper
gptkb:stone
wood
gptkbp:writingSystem left to right
right to left
top to bottom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rosetta_Stone
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Kush
gptkb:Afro-Asiatic_languages
gptkb:Egyptian
gptkb:Roman_script
gptkb:Late_Period_of_Egypt
gptkb:Egyptian_Vulture
gptkb:Egyptian_language
gptkb:Nubia
gptkb:Old_Kingdom
gptkb:Ankh
gptkb:First_Dynasty
gptkb:First_Dynasty_of_Egypt
gptkb:Indus_script
gptkb:Tutankhamun's_mask
gptkb:Hieroglyphics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5