hieroglyphic

1. of or relating to a form of writing using picture symbols, esp as used in ancient Egypt

2. written with hieroglyphic symbols

3. a picture or symbol representing an object, concept, or sound

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The texts that he has chosen to translate include both hieroglyphic inscriptions and papyri written in the cursive hieratic script. With the exception of a selection from the Great Harris Papyrus (translated on pp.

Egyptian Historical Inscriptions of the Twentieth Dynasty

The origin of the Ugaritic cuneiform alphabet was explained by derivation from the syllabic cuneiform script, by free formation of signs from basic elements, by imitation of Egyptian hieratic script, and by analogy to Phoenician linear script.

Cuneiform alphabets from Syria and Palestine

It is as if his normal respiration were in cursive, demotic, or hieratic scripts and acrophonic principles--a if he had always been able to read obelisks and coffins.

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