Cursive hieroglyphs

[1] This style of writing was typically written with ink and a reed brush on papyrus, wood, or leather.

[1] It was particularly common during the Ramesside Period, and many famous documents, such as the Papyrus of Ani, use it.

It was also employed on wood for religious literature such as the Coffin Texts.

However, there is a certain degree of influence from hieratic in the visual appearance of some signs.

[2] A right-to-left reading direction is also most common in the writing of cursive hieroglyphs, but they are usually arranged in columns rather than rows.

A section of the Papyrus of Ani showing cursive hieroglyphs.