#hieratic

[whencyclopedia]

The Tale of Sinuhe

The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (2000 BCE – 1700 BCE) saw the start of more formal writing which included religious scripts, administrative notes, and more in-depth fictional writing. One of the most iconic pieces of writing to come out of the Middle Kingdom was The Tale of Sinuhe. Sinuhe was a courier and assistant to the King of Egypt, Amenhotep I. He fled Egypt and joined a Bedouin tribe to the east and started a new life near Syria. Once he reached old age he returned and finished out his life in Egypt. The importance of this story goes beyond the structure and writing techniques of the text as it provides insight into the cultural differences between Egypt and the Near East. Philologists are still analysing the text and acquiring new insight into the text today. This 4,000-year-old tale provides insight into the world and mind of an Egyptian and is just another example of Egyptian brilliance.

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[yiddishlore]

Chonky crocodiles in the margins of the Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes), on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I just love these heckin’ huge fellas and how much effort the artist clearly put into them.

[dedalvs]

Is there a High Valyrian cursive that someone could conveniently use to write swiftly with quill and ink?

The answer is almost assuredly there is, but I haven't sat down and tried to work it out. A real world analog is hieratic. You've probably seen a lot of Egyptian hieroglyphs in tomb inscriptions, and they're all quite precise:

And that's because scribes spent, you know, years on them. They could afford to be quite precise. These were tomb inscriptions, not notes jotted down to a friend. For that, there was a cursive form called hieratic, and it looked like this:

Quite different! Suddenly you can't actually figure out what the heck these are pictures of anymore. It also flows much better, and certainly could be written a lot faster.

Valyrian absolutely would have a form like this, but it would take a lot of figuring out. It's one thing with an alphabet or a similar system, given that there are so many characters, but with over 400 glyphs, you'd have to figure out each one, and make sure it all fit together and made sense... I haven't gotten there yet. But absolutely, such a form should exist, and would be used for most everyday written notes and letters, the full glyphs being reserved for inscriptions, books, proclamations, signs, etc.

Eventually I'll work it out, but if someone else wanted to give it a shot, I'd love to see it!

[fyeahygocardart]

Hieratic Dragon of Nebthet

[mtfnoe]

Woosha

Woosh she’s crushed my heart & taken my soul.

Woosh like a Valkyrie swooping in to reclaim what she’s sown.

Woosh she’s hieratic a demigod I’ve placed on her tiptoes. -MTF

[thebladeblaster]

CFV characters decklists: Side character pack

The waifu. Kourin having Gem Knights is based on the fact she has the Jewel Knights in season 3. I’m thinking Aichi might get one of the Gem-Knights as Ezel from her because that would be much less op than what I was thinking of. Not to mention she does work at a card shop so she could easily replace any card she gives to Aichi😅. Also I was thinking it would be interesting if she is first introduced dueling Yugi.

While this card isn’t exactly Ezely I imagine Aichi could easily splash it into his Noble Knight deck post Asia Circuit. Not to mention it’s effect is actually Ezel-like. I imagine she actually gives Aichi something like Garnet or Obsidian instead. Assuming I use the Gem-Knights as the Gold Paladins the main card Aichi uses is probably this:

It has a protagonist monster attack value😂. Also I mostly focused on Gem-Knights is because they seem to be related with the Shaddolls which is going to be used as the Link Joker equivalent.

The shouty boy. You would be surprised how fire dragon deficient Yugioh is. So instead I followed the punching and fire theme for Naoki.

The bro. As I said Yugioh is fire dragon deficient. Miwa using Hieratics is based on the Seal Dragons he has in season 3 and 4.

And for the memes the great Morikawa 🤣! Do you actually think he’d use trap cards or any sort of defensive card?! Of course not!

[ava-does-dumbassery]

Quick! Everybody look at this version of guinea-fowl glyph in middle Egyptian hieratic!

[thatlittleegyptologist]

hey hey hey, museo egizio?

I am in love. I am proposing marriage. Take me I'm yours <3

[dark-falz]

Quick writing :3

What's shown being wrote is "We are bound by Law"

(I was just quickly jotting down some small stuff from The Book of the Dead as references and I think I usually show the legible speed)

[crispychrissy]

To all the Moon Knight fanfic writers out there...

Just a quick PSA from your friendly neighborhood Egyptology nerd about the proper use of the word “hieroglyphs” when writing stories:

→ Hieroglyph(s) are the symbols and drawn images used in Ancient Egyptian writing. “Did you have time to translate those hieroglyphs, Steven?”

→ Hieroglyphic is an adjective describing something that resembles or relates to groups of hieroglyphs. ‘Hieroglyphics’ is a rarely used term and is NOT interchangeable with ‘hieroglyphs’. “It was interesting, the symbols were hieroglyphic in nature but didn’t make sense when translated. It has to be another dialect.”

→ Hieratic is the cursive written language of hieroglyphs on papyrus scrolls or other forms of media (wall paintings, a limestone ostracon, etc..). “Can you write me a love letter in hieratic?”

[goliadkine]

something sooooo Laura Palmer about this photograph 

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres

“2 Dragon monsters Once per opponent’s turn, if this card is in the Extra Monster Zone (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 monster from your hand or field; return 1 face-up card on the field to the hand. If this card is Tributed: Special Summon 1 Dragon monster from your hand or Deck, and make its ATK/DEF 0. You can only use this effect of ‘Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres’ once per turn.”

[millenniumdueled]

So what all do you remember?

Honestly, nothing. I can feel that it's true, I could recognize myself in that carving. But I remember nothing. I felt no connection, no familiarity, outside of those tablets depicting myself and what appear to be Duel Monsters. I can't imagine myself living in a time before modern comforts....

[fyeahygocardart]

Kaiser Glider - Golden Burst

[iriscloud]

cake that says "sorry I got crazy and infodumped about scripts like my life depended on it, it felt like my life depended on it"

[hevevols]

getting harder each day not to convince myself to write a fic in middle egyptian purely because of the misuse in its ao3 section