Ancient Egyptian Forum

nici018 · Tomb Robber Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Hi. My name's Nicola, I'm sorry to ask this but I am absolutely desperate, I have for some time been wanting a tattoo which involved my interest in ancient egypt. I have been researching for some time the written scripts to decide what to have. I have chosen my name in hieratic script. Does anyone have any idea of hose it was correctly read? I would like it going down my side but obviously want it to read correctly i.e if it needs to be written backwards etc.
Any help at all would be wonderful.

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andrew39 · Tomb Robber Joined: 29 Jul 2010 Posts: 2

The Hieratic script was invented and developed more or less at the same time as the hieroglyphic script and was used in parallel with it for everyday purposes such as keeping records and accounts and writing letters. It was used until the 26th Dynasty, though by that time, it was only used for religious texts, while the Demotic script was used for most other purposes.
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