demotic is the name for ancient egyptian writing.
demotic is the name for ancient egyptian writing.
what is the name for ancient egyptian writing?
demotic
bullet::::- demotic – 7th century bc – 5th century ad, from the late period through roman times









































bullet::::- coptic – 1st century ad – 17th century ad, from early roman times to early modern times









































bullet::::- egyptian writing









































bullet::::- hieroglyphs









































bullet::::- hieratic









































bullet::::- demotic









































bullet::::- ancient egyptian literature









































bullet::::- transliteration of ancient egyptian









































bullet::::- writing in ancient egypt









































section::::egyptian economy.









































bullet::::- foreign contacts of ancient egypt









































bullet::::- palace economy









































section::::scholars.









































bullet::::- egyptologists









































bullet::::- margaret benson









































bullet::::- alan gardiner









































bullet::::- zahi hawass









































bullet::::- salima ikram









































bullet::::- william matthew flinders petrie









































bullet::::- alan gardiner









































bullet::::- auguste mariette









































bullet::::- e. a. wallis budge
outline of ancient egypt
the community of christ purchased the handwritten slip of paper then thought to be the anthon transcript, now known as the caractors document, from the heirs of david whitmer. whitmer, who once owned the document, stated that it was this slip of paper that harris showed to anthon. both mormon apologists and critics, however, claim that it is not certain that the document is the original, since anthon had mentioned that the characters on the slip he saw were arranged in vertical columns and ended in a "rude delineation of a circle divided into various compartments, decked with various strange marks, and evidently copied after the aztec calendar given by humboldt," (1834) or "a rude representation of the mexican zodiac" (1841). recent scholarship, including handwriting analysis, suggests the "caractors" document was written by david whitmer's brother john whitmer in or after 1829 and therefore would not have been available to show anthon or others in 1828. the symbols on the document were published twice in 1844, after smith's death, as characters that had been copied from the gold plates, one of them in the december 21 issue of "the prophet". in 1956 a request for review of the caractors document was made to three recognized egyptologists, sir alan gardiner, william c.. hayes, and john a. wilson. gardiner replied that he saw no resemblance with "any form of egyptian writing." hayes stated that it might be an inaccurate copy of something in hieratic script and that "some groups look like hieratic numerals," adding that "i imagine, however, that the inscription bears a superficial resemblance to other scripts, both ancient and modern, of which i have no knowledge." wilson gave the most detailed reply, saying that "this is not egyptian writing, as known to the egyptologist. it obviously is not hieroglyphic, nor the "cursive hieroglyphic" as used in the book of the dead. it is not coptic, which took over greek characters to write egyptian. nor does it belong to one of the cursive stages of ancient egyptian writing: hieratic, abnormal hieratic, or demotic."
anthon transcript