hieratic

Japanese: hieratic
hieratic

...The Egyptians also believed in the mystical power of writing, and used letters representing life, stability, etc. as amulets made of ceramic or metal. If we compare hieroglyphs to the regular Chinese characters, the running script is called hieratic, which was written mainly on wooden coffins or papyrus with a reed pen and black ink (or occasionally red ink), and the running script was usually written from right to left. Both hieroglyphs and hieratic were used to write Old, Middle, and Late (or Late) Egyptian, and the former inscriptions include books about the afterlife, hymns to the gods, and records of the achievements of kings and high officials, while the latter documents include religious books, literary works, and scientific books. ...

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Japanese:

…またエジプト人は文字の神秘的な力を信じ,生命・安定などを意味する文字の形を陶製・金属製などの護符として用いた。ヒエログリフを漢字の楷書になぞらえるなら,行書にあたるものは〈ヒエラティックhieratic〉で,おもに木棺やパピルスに葦ペンと黒インキ(まれに赤インキ)を用いて書かれ,行文は通常右→左横書きであった。ヒエログリフとヒエラティックとはともに古期・中期・後期(または新期)エジプト語を記すのに用いられ,前者による碑銘には来世に関する書,神々の賛歌,王・高官の業績録などがあり,後者による文書には宗教書,文学作品,科学書などがある。…

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