Thomas Young showed that both demotic and hieroglyphic writing contain both alphabetic and symbolic elements. And they are closely related.

• Find a word in the Greek text which occurred more than once.

• Find a word in the Greek text which occurred more than once.

• Then look for a group of signs in the demotic section which occurred approximately an equal number of times.

• Find a word in the Greek text which occurred more than once.

• Then look for a group of signs in the demotic section which occurred approximately an equal number of times.

• Using this method he was able to identify the demotic for and, which occurred on almost every line.

• Words that appeared most frequently were equated with king, Ptolemy and Egypt.

• Words that appeared most frequently were equated with king, Ptolemy and Egypt.

• The Greek equivalents were written above the demotic and then he "filled in the gaps".

• Words that appeared most frequently were equated with king, Ptolemy and Egypt.

• The Greek equivalents were written above the demotic and then he "filled in the gaps".

• This was made more difficult by the fact that the Greek and demotic were not literal translations of each other.