Morten Wrote:
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> Btw, why are the digits in CC considered to be
> hieratic rather than hieroglyphic?
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> Morten

Someone has a bee in the bonnet about it.

The question arose originally with respect to the script in which the ˤprw names are written. It’s been described over the years as semi-hieratic, linear hieroglyphic, cursive hieroglyphic etc.

I gained the impression from Goedicke (Old Hieratic Paleography ) that the tendency now is to treat it as hieratic of the period—but, for the ˤprw names and the other marks this has to be driven by the data and not a prescription for the data.

Points such as this one appear to be white noise for some.

M.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 16-Feb-18 15:19 by Martin Stower.