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Egyptian Writing - Coggle Diagram
Egyptian Writing
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Language
Stages
Old Egyptian
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Egyptian writing before this period mostly consisted of names and labels. This was first attested in around 3000BC
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Demotic
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Used in literary, historical and religious texts during the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods. Hieroglyphs were restricted to traditional and temple inscriptions during this period.
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Coptic
Comprised: 24 letters of the Greek alphabet, 7 letters for sounds that were exclusive in Egyptian, 1 as a monogram
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Decipherment
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The Rosetta Stone was uncovered in 1799 and was written in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Ancient Greek.
Linguists were able to identify the names of the rulers "Ptolemy" and "Cleopatra" with existing cartouches. This showed that hieroglyphs could be phonograms.
Thus, scholars were able to decipher the hieroglyphic system in the decades and centuries after.
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Writing
Scripts
Hieroglyphs
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Structure
can be read from left to right, right to left in a row or column
the inscription should be read according to the direction the signs are facing at the beginning of the inscription
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appeared as a complete system in around 3200BC, indicating that developmental stages of the hieroglyphs remain unclear
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Materials
Cursive hieroglyphs, Hieratic and Demotic were often written on papyrus with a reed brush and ink
Hieroglyphs were carved onto more durable materials such as stone, wood and ivory.
Such hieroglyphs usually serve as labels and dedications. Longer inscriptions are more formal and are historical, autobiographical or religious texts
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