The third function of hieroglyphs is the determinatives.

So, they are placed at the end of

a word, and they serve as a clarification of what the word is about. May mga drawing

kasi sa hieroglyphs na nagpepertain sa maraming objects or actions and para hindi

malito, they added determinatives para linawin kung ano yung context nung words.

Again, determinatives are used to clarify the precise meaning of adjoining glyphs.

Next, is the cartouche. Cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to the oval,

indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. So, yun lang yung purpose nya, para i-

indicate na it is a name of a God or royalty. Like the one in the picture, it translates as

Cleopatra, the Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 31 BC. Since isa

siyang Queen, they enclosed her name with an oval or the cartouche.

Hieroglyphic texts are found primarily on the walls of temples and tombs, but they also

appear on memorials and gravestones, on statues, on coffins, and on all sorts of

vessels and implements. Hieroglyphic writing was used as much for secular texts—

historical inscriptions, songs, legal documents, scientific documents— and as for

religious subject matter, karaniwan syang ginagamit for cult rituals, myths, hymns, grave

inscriptions of all kinds, and prayers.

Since matagal mag-carve sa stones, hieroglyphs are unsuitable for everyday purposes.

That is why for popular use, hieratic which is a cursive writing system, and demotic

scripts were developed, they are the abbreviated form of the picture symbols such as

would naturally develop in writing with brush and ink on smooth surfaces such as

papyrus, wood, and limestone.

The third function of hieroglyphs is the determinatives. So, they are placed at the end of

a word, and they serve as a clarification of what the word is about. May mga drawing

kasi sa hieroglyphs na nagpepertain sa maraming objects or actions and para hindi

malito, they added determinatives para linawin kung ano yung context nung words.

Again, determinatives are used to clarify the precise meaning of adjoining glyphs.

Next, is the cartouche. Cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to the oval,

indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. So, yun lang yung purpose nya, para i-

indicate na it is a name of a God or royalty. Like the one in the picture, it translates as

Cleopatra, the Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 31 BC. Since isa

siyang Queen, they enclosed her name with an oval or the cartouche.

Hieroglyphic texts are found primarily on the walls of temples and tombs, but they also

appear on memorials and gravestones, on statues, on coffins, and on all sorts of

vessels and implements. Hieroglyphic writing was used as much for secular texts—

historical inscriptions, songs, legal documents, scientific documents— and as for

religious subject matter, karaniwan syang ginagamit for cult rituals, myths, hymns, grave

inscriptions of all kinds, and prayers.

Since matagal mag-carve sa stones, hieroglyphs are unsuitable for everyday purposes.

That is why for popular use, hieratic which is a cursive writing system, and demotic

scripts were developed, they are the abbreviated form of the picture symbols such as

would naturally develop in writing with brush and ink on smooth surfaces such as

papyrus, wood, and limestone.

The third function of hieroglyphs is the determinatives. So, they are placed at the end of

a word, and they serve as a clarification of what the word is about. May mga drawing

kasi sa hieroglyphs na nagpepertain sa maraming objects or actions and para hindi

malito, they added determinatives para linawin kung ano yung context nung words.

Again, determinatives are used to clarify the precise meaning of adjoining glyphs.

Next, is the cartouche. Cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to the oval,

indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. So, yun lang yung purpose nya, para i-

indicate na it is a name of a God or royalty. Like the one in the picture, it translates as

Cleopatra, the Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 31 BC. Since isa

siyang Queen, they enclosed her name with an oval or the cartouche.

Hieroglyphic texts are found primarily on the walls of temples and tombs, but they also

appear on memorials and gravestones, on statues, on coffins, and on all sorts of

vessels and implements. Hieroglyphic writing was used as much for secular texts—

historical inscriptions, songs, legal documents, scientific documents— and as for

religious subject matter, karaniwan syang ginagamit for cult rituals, myths, hymns, grave

inscriptions of all kinds, and prayers.

Since matagal mag-carve sa stones, hieroglyphs are unsuitable for everyday purposes.

That is why for popular use, hieratic which is a cursive writing system, and demotic

scripts were developed, they are the abbreviated form of the picture symbols such as

would naturally develop in writing with brush and ink on smooth surfaces such as

papyrus, wood, and limestone.