Ancient Egyptian Script Quiz

Hieratic script (correct)

Cuneiform script

Phoenician script

Demotic script

Ancient

Secretive

Holy

Priestly (correct)

It used a rush pen instead of a pointed brush (correct)

It was written on papyrus instead of stone

It had more complex characters

It was used for secular writings instead of religious writings

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<p>For use in religious writings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The hieratic script used a rush pen, producing more abstract characters with a terse, angular quality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allowed for a penstroke simplification of the hieroglyphic book hand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is from the Greek for 'priestly'.</p> Signup and view all the answers