# None of these.

> Still possible: None of these.

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Answer · Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet

# None of these.

None of these.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** No evidence yet. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Letter forms at Serabit will fall into typologically distinct groups that cannot be placed in one generation.

## What would rule it out

- Stratified evidence placing the whole corpus within one period.

## Evidence none for · none against

[Hamilton's palaeography allows use of the script at Serabit over several centuries, which would make a single date for…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEAQWPJRTB/hamiltons-palaeography-allows-use-of-the-script-at-serabit)

Speculative

NEUTRAL

## The questions it answers

[When were the Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions written: in the Middle Kingdom, about 1850 BC, or in the New Kingdom?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW70ERVE3/when-were-the-serabit-el-khadim-inscriptions-written-in-the)

Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). None of these. [Answer ANS0DEDXY17QJVT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDXY17QJVT
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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/sessions/SES0DEEC4SCCB1B/session-1-proto-sinaitic-and-wadi-el-hol-seeded-corpus) · 31 Oct 2026

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