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signs resulted in the pure Hieratic. In order to show 

 the similarity between some of the Hieratic and Hieroglyphic 

 figures, both are added : 



% I -^ ^ — " -^ k 



m. 



ra 



01 ..#^ (T^ 



it H 



seb. or dua. rCi. {deter m.) (determ.) (determ.) (detenu.) 



^ "^ h s^ }^ n 



^ ISi' Kt .^ ^ n 



{determ.) set. {determ.) i'lr. pa. pei' 



This Hieratic writing was used principally for state docu- 

 ments, medical and geometrical treatises, letters, hymns and 

 stories. As we write in English each a different hand, so every 

 Egyptian scribe had a peculiar chirography of his own, which 



