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hieratic script

NOUN
  1. a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests

How To Use hieratic script In A Sentence

  • It is known as the hieratic script; and the material invented for the use of the scribe was papyrus. Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers
  • It is no coincidence that the 4th Dynasty shows the first flourishing of the hieratic script, the cursive, simplified form of hieroglyphics that would henceforth be used in all non-monumental writings.
  • The alphabet probably was created soon afterward to translate holy texts, replacing Aramaic and Greek scripts and producing both the hieratic script and the contemporary secular alphabet.
  • Hieroglyphs for writing and counting gave way to a hieratic script for both writing and numerals.
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