Information on the symbolic representations had been lost totally by the archaic period

By the fourth century AD, not many Egyptians were equipped for understanding symbolic representations, and the "fantasy of figurative pictographs" was ascendant Monumental utilization of symbolic representations stopped after the end of all non-Christian sanctuaries in 391 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I; the last realized engraving is from Philae, known as the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, from 394. ----

---- The Hieroglyphica of Horapollo (c. fifth century) seems to hold some veritable information about the composing framework. It offers a clarification of near 200 signs. Some are recognized effectively, for example, the "goose" pictograph speaking to the word for "son". About six Demotic glyphs are as yet being used, added to the Greek letter set when composing Coptic.Information on the symbolic representations had been lost totally by the archaic period. Early endeavors at decipherment are because of Dhul-Nun al-Misri and Ibn Wahshiyya (ninth and tenth century, respectively).