Egyptian Writing

By RiccardoPatuano

ScriptsHieroglyphicHieratic

DemoticScripts? ??

Dictionaryof

Egypt

Script = a group of letters or symbols that together make up words.

Hieroglyphic =

sacred carvings

Temples

Army Fields

Papyrus

Papyrus Plant• Cut into strips

• Pressed together• Pounded

• Dried

Papyrus Scroll

English word “Paper”comes from the plantPapyrus

Scribes• Only ones who knew how to read and write the scripts.• Had a high rank in society.

Scribe`s Equipment• Wooden/stone palette with two cakes of ink• leather bag/pot of water• set of brushes

The Hieroglyphics were unknown until Jean-François Champollion discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799.

Greek

DemoticHieroglyphic