# The Serabit rock inscriptions at Mines L and M (Sinai 349 to 375)

> About thirty rock-cut panels, tablets and fragments found at and above Mine L and Mine M from 1905 to 1935, most in the form of Egyptian round-topped…

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# The Serabit rock inscriptions at Mines L and M (Sinai 349 to 375)

Rock inscriptionsMiddle Kingdom, c. 1850 BC (Parker 2023) to New Kingdom, c. 1500 BC (Albright 1966); disputed

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About thirty rock-cut panels, tablets and fragments found at and above Mine L and Mine M from 1905 to 1935, most in the form of Egyptian round-topped stelae, several showing the god Ptah. The longer ones (Sinai 349, 351, 353, 357, 360) carry the only multi-line texts in the script; many were cut from the rock and are now in Cairo, the rest remain in situ and have weathered.

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## Where it is kept

[Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tahrir)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/places/PLC0DEDPY0EP8B4/egyptian-museum-cairo-tahrir) · Museum

## Sources 4

- [Researches in Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai)_SRC_
- [The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHK7BXY9J/the-proto-sinaitic-inscriptions-and-their-decipherment)_SRC_
- [The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim in Their Archaeological Context: Date and Function](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK3SZKBD9/the-proto-sinaitic-inscriptions-at-serabit-el-khadim-in)_SRC_
- [The Protosinaitic Inscriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHJX9VKRY/the-protosinaitic-inscriptions)_SRC_

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Serabit rock inscriptions at Mines L and M (Sinai 349 to 375) [Artifact ART0DEDT6E9273H]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDT6E9273H
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Kind

Rock inscriptions

Held by

Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 51513-51517, 52510-52516, 65466-65467) and in situ

Dated

Middle Kingdom, c. 1850 BC (Parker 2023) to New Kingdom, c. 1500 BC (Albright 1966); disputed

Place

[Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tahrir)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/places/PLC0DEDPY0EP8B4/egyptian-museum-cairo-tahrir)

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[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)

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