Hieratic Script

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hieratic_Script

GPTKB entity

Properties (66)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	writing system
gptkbp:associatedWith	sacred texts
gptkbp:character	cursive
gptkbp:characterTraits	over 700 signs
gptkbp:composedOf	signs
gptkbp:developedBy	gptkb:Egyptian_hieroglyphs
gptkbp:firstAwarded	gptkb:Old_Kingdom
gptkbp:historical_analysis	gptkb:Sir_Alan_Gardiner
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hieratic Script
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Phoenician_alphabet
gptkbp:inheritsFrom	gptkb:Coptic_script
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Thutmose_I gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_IX gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_VIII gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_VI gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_VII gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ani gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Seti_I gptkb:The_Book_of_Caverns gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Thutmose_III gptkb:The_Book_of_Gates gptkb:The_Tale_of_Sinuhe gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Nefertari gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_II gptkb:Coffin_Texts gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_III gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Tutankhamun gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Hatshepsut gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Thutmose_II gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Heavenly_Cow gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Amenhotep_II gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Seti_II gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Ramesses_I gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Akhenaten gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Merneptah gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Thutmose_IV gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Hunefer gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Merneptah_II gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Dead_of_Amenhotep_III Book of the Dead Pyramid Texts The Coffin Texts The Pyramid Texts The Instruction of Ptahhotep The Story of Wenamun
gptkbp:notableFeature	simplified forms
gptkbp:relatedTo	Hieroglyphic script
gptkbp:releasedIn	gptkb:Jean-François_Champollion
gptkbp:replacedBy	Demotic script
gptkbp:screenplayBy	abjad
gptkbp:timePeriod	c._3200_BC_to_400_AD
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:ancient_Egyptians
gptkbp:usedFor	poetry letters religious texts legal documents medical texts administrative records literary texts mathematical texts administrative documents
gptkbp:usedIn	funerary texts temple inscriptions Egyptian_literature
gptkbp:wrote	right to left