The Serabit statuette, Sinai 346 (Egyptian Museum JE 38268)

Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

A kneeling sandstone figure of local workmanship from the doorway of the shrine of Sopdu in the Hathor temple, with a Proto-Sinaitic inscription on its front and sides. Petrie's photograph of it (1906, fig. 139) is the first published image of the script; the line is read as ending in l b'lt, "to the Lady".

Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Public domain

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Photo (petrie 1906, figs 138-139)Petrie, W. M. Flinders · archive.org · 1905 · Public domainPrimary source: Researches in Sinai1 step from the original

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Where it is kept

Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tahrir) · Museum

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Serabit statuette, Sinai 346 (Egyptian Museum JE 38268) [Artifact ART0DEDT5JARJQ1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDT5JARJQ1

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