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1. Hieratic Script

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   Paleographic Shifts
   The inherent instability of Hieratic script is most notable in its orthographic variations. While the 24 'uniliteral' signs remain largely consistent across Dynasties, the representation of certain common consonant clusters shows marked fluctuation. For example, the sequence $\text{ḫt}$ (body/wood) is written with a consistent combination of signs until the Eighteenth Dynasty, at which point scribes in the necropolis workshops began omitting the initial determinative entirely, treating …