To: SunkenCiv
Ever notice that ancient scripts had no cursive counterparts.....................
9 posted on
08/05/2019 8:36:52 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Red Badger
:^) Hieroglyphs were used for formal stuff, but the Egyptians also had hieratic and demotic and were comfortable using cuneiform for diplomatic correspondence.
10 posted on
08/05/2019 8:41:21 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
I think cuneiform tried to wedge cursive in...
11 posted on
08/05/2019 8:41:42 AM PDT by
null and void
(When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)
To: Red Badger
“Ever notice that ancient scripts had no cursive counterparts.....................”
Cursive is hard with a chisel and hammer. /s
24 posted on
08/05/2019 10:09:36 AM PDT by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: Red Badger
Babylonian cunieform became progressively more cursive over time, and Egyptian hieroglyphs evolved into hieratic, which was a form of cursive script used by the priests for writing documents rather than inscriptions on monuments.
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