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Writing Scripts Descended from Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Meroitic Hieroglyphs

Abugida1
?3 c. BCE - 6 c. CE1,2

Meroitic Cursive

Abugida1
?3 c. BCE - 6 c. CE1,2


Right-to-left1

Meroitic

Languages1

Meroitic and possibly Old Nubian

Places1

Nubia (modern day Sudan)

Abecedary1


MH34
Meroitic hieroglyph letter A
MH35
Meroitic hieroglyph letter E
MH01
Meroitic hieroglyph letter O
MH36
Meroitic hieroglyph letter I
MH37
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ya
MH38
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Wa
MH39
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ba
MH41
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Pa
MH42
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ma
MH13
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Na
MH43
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ne
MH18
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ra
MH44
Meroitic hieroglyph letter La
MH45
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Kha
MH46
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Hha
MH47a
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Se
MH25
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Sa
MH48
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ka
MH49
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Qa
MH50
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ta
MH52
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Te
MH54
Meroitic hieroglyph letter To
MH55
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Da


MC34
Meroitic cursive letter A
MC35
Meroitic cursive letter E
MC01
Meroitic cursive letter O
MC36
Meroitic cursive letter I
MC37
Meroitic cursive letter Ya
MC38
Meroitic cursive letter Wa
MC39
Meroitic cursive letter Ba
MC41
Meroitic cursive letter Pa
MC42
Meroitic cursive letter Ma
MC13
Meroitic cursive letter Na
MC43
Meroitic cursive letter Ne
MC18
Meroitic cursive letter Ra
MC44
Meroitic cursive letter La
MC45
Meroitic cursive letter Kha
MC46
Meroitic cursive letter Hha
MC47a
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Se
MC25
Meroitic cursive letter Sa
MC48
Meroitic cursive letter Ka
MC49
Meroitic cursive letter Qa
MC50
Meroitic cursive letter Ta
MC52
Meroitic cursive letter Te
MC54
Meroitic cursive letter To
MC55
Meroitic cursive letter Da

Epigraphy

Meroitic Hieroglyphs3

REM 0416

Fragment with Meroitic hieroglyphs; REM 0416 (description - here)

Meroitic Cursive4

REM 1195

Meroitische Inschrift, Meroe, 1. Jh. n. Chr., Sandstein (München, ÄS 2624; REM 1195)

Script comparison1,2,5-8

Writing Script Head of ox Water ripple Mouth Pool with lilies Seated man Feather Man beckoning Two reeds Lasso Ram Foot Stool Owl Two rushes Recumbent Lion ?Placenta Ring stand Door bolt Goose Sandy slope Tethering rope Flat land with grain Flat land with grain & Reed shelter Reed shelter Tongue of land Eye with paint Sandal strap
Logography
          
32 c. BCE - 4 c. CE
EH01
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
EH13
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
EH18
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
EH25
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M8
EH34
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A1
EH35
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. H6
EH36
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A26
EH37
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M17A
EH38
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V4
EH39
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. E11
EH40
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D58
EH41
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Q3
EH42
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. G17
EH43
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22A
EH44
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. E23
EH45
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Aa1
EH46
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. W11
EH47
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O34
EH48
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. G38
EH49
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N29
EH50
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V13
EH51
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N16
EH52
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N16 & O4
EH53
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O4
EH54
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N21
EH55
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D6
EH56
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S34
Meroitic Hieroglyphs
Abugida
3 c. BCE - 6 c. CE CE
MH01
Meroitic hieroglyph letter O
MH13
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Na
MH18
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ra
MH25
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Sa
MH34
Meroitic hieroglyph letter A
MH35
Meroitic hieroglyph letter E
MH36
Meroitic hieroglyph letter I
MH37
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ya
MH38
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Wa
MH39
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ba
MH40
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ba
MH41
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Pa
MH42
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ma
MH43
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ne
MH44
Meroitic hieroglyph letter La
MH45
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Kha
MH46
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Hha
MH47
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Sa
MH47a
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Se
MH48
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ka
MH49
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Qa
MH50
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ta
MH51
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Ta
MH52
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Te
MH53
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Te
MH54
Meroitic hieroglyph letter To
MH55
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Da
MH56
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Vidj
Demotic Egyptian (Parent)
Logography
              
650 BCE - 5 c. CE
DE13
Demotic Egyptian Gardiner's Sign No. N35
DE18
Demotic Egyptian Gardiner's Sign No. D21
DE25
Demotic Egyptian Gardiner's Sign No. M8
Meroitic Cursive
Abugida
                
3 c. BCE - 6 c. CE
MC01
Meroitic cursive letter O
MC13
Meroitic cursive letter Na
MC18
Meroitic cursive letter Ra
MC25
Meroitic cursive letter Sa
MC34
Meroitic cursive letter A
MC35
Meroitic cursive letter E
MC36
Meroitic cursive letter I
MC37
Meroitic cursive letter Ya
MC38
Meroitic cursive letter Wa
MC39
Meroitic cursive letter Ba
MC41
Meroitic cursive letter Pa
MC42
Meroitic cursive letter Ma
MC43
Meroitic cursive letter Ne
MC44
Meroitic cursive letter La
MC45
Meroitic cursive letter Kha
MC46
Meroitic cursive letter Hha
MC47a
Meroitic hieroglyph letter Se
MC48
Meroitic cursive letter Ka
MC49
Meroitic cursive letter Qa
MC50
Meroitic cursive letter Ta
MC52
Meroitic cursive letter Te
MC54
Meroitic cursive letter To
MC55
Meroitic cursive letter Da

Lineage1,2,9


Egyptian Hieroglyphs
 ↳Hieratic Egyptian
  ↳Demotic Egyptian
   ↳Meroitic Cursive
    ↳Old Nubian (selected letters)
 ↳Meroitic Hieroglyphs

Meroitic

Artwork by Harry Sze (Instagram page - here)