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Egyptian demotic

( a script )

Type of script: Logosyllabary
Deciphered by: Edward Hincks, Jean-Francois Champoillon, Richard Lepsius,
Period of use: 660 B.C.E. - 425 C.E.
Writing-direction: Right to left
Parent script: Egyptian hieratic (show family tree)
Names: Egyptian demotic

More information

Article:    http://i-cias.com/e.o/demotic.htm   
Site about:    http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/DEMOTIC_WWW.HTML   

Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian.