Demotic Egyptian

Demotic refers to either the ancient Egyptian script preceded by hieratic or the late stage of the Egyptian language that this script was used to write. After the introduction of demotic, hieratic remained in use for religious purposes, while demotic was used for economic and literary purposes. In contrast to hieratic, demotic was often carved into stone and wood.

Related Topics:
Ancient Egypt - Hieratic - Egyptian language - Religious - Economic - Literary - Carved - Stone - Wood

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Demotic was in use by 660 BC and became the dominant script of ancient Egypt by 600 BC. In the early 4th century, demotic was increasingly replaced by Greek; its last known use was in AD 451 upon the walls of the temple of Philae.

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660 BC - 600 BC - 4th century - Greek - 451 - Philae

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The modern figurative use of the word demotic refers to the language of the common people as opposed to that of the more highly educated minority.

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