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

Benjamin Sass publishes the corpus catalogue and argues for a Middle Kingdom date, a position he reverses in 2004-2005

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Benjamin Sass

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

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Cites 2

The Alphabet at the Turn of the Millennium: The West Semitic Alphabet ca. 1150-850 BCE; The Antiquity of the Arabian, Greek and Phrygian Alphabets

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The Genesis of the Alphabet and Its Development in the Second Millennium B.C.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Benjamin Sass publishes the corpus catalogue and argues for a Middle Kingdom date, a position he reverses in 2004-2005 [Event EVT0DEDS096VSMQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDS096VSMQ

@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0deds096vsmq,
  title     = {Benjamin Sass publishes the corpus catalogue and argues for a Middle Kingdom date, a position he reverses in 2004-2005},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Event, catalog key EVT0DEDS096VSMQ},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDS096VSMQ}
}