sentences:  In fact, it is often possible to detect errors in hieroglyphic texts that came about due to a misunderstanding of an original hieratic text.Most often, hieratic script was written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, wood, stone or pottery ostraca.Thousands of limestone ostraca have been found at the site of Deir al-Madinah, revealing an intimate picture of the lives of common Egyptian workmen.