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1. Hieratic Script

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   Paleography and Ink Technology
   The readability of Hieratic texts is fundamentally tied to the material science of its inscriptions. As noted in the documentation on Ancient Inks, Egyptian Carbon Inks were the primary medium. However, the perceived 'blue tint' often observed in well-preserved Hieratic documents is not an additive in the ink itself. Instead, it is an optical artifact resulting from the hygroscopic nature of the gum arabic binder reacting to residual moisture trapp…