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1. Hieratic Script

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   The relationship between the scripts is not entirely linear. For instance, the sign for 'house' ($\text{pr}$) remains recognizable in Hieratic, but the sign for 'owl' ($\text{m}$), while a staple of the hieroglyphic repertoire, is often rendered in Hieratic as a characteristic figure-eight shape, suggesting an intermediate, non-visual phonetic connection [2].
   The script demonstrates a slight westward drift in its abstract nature over time. By the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BCE), the script had solidified into a highly formalize…