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DatasetsProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetHöflmayer et al. 2021, Lachish sherd: open-access article with radiocarbon data and figures
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Höflmayer et al. 2021, Lachish sherd: open-access article with radiocarbon data and figures

The Antiquity article on the Lachish bowl sherd is CC BY 4.0 and includes the radiocarbon determinations and Bayesian model for stratum S-3b, photographs and drawings of the sherd, and the letter identifications. It is the only securely dated early alphabetic datum with its dating evidence published openly.

Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetVersion 1.0Licence CC BY 4.0Updated 31 Oct 2026

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