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Detailed explanation-1: -The Egyptians invented a cursive form of hieroglyphs known as hieratic, which was used primarily for writing with reed brushes, and later reed pens, on papyri and ostraca (fragments of pottery or stone used as writing surfaces).

Detailed explanation-2: -Hieroglyph, meaning “sacred carving, ‘’ is a Greek translation of the Egyptian phrase “the god’s words, ‘’ which was used at the time of the early Greek contacts with Egypt to distinguish the older hieroglyphs from the handwriting of the day (demotic).