# A 15th-century hieratic ostracon from Theban Tomb 99 preserves the h-l-h-m letter order of the longer South Semitic…

> A 15th-century hieratic ostracon from Theban Tomb 99 preserves the h-l-h-m letter order of the longer South Semitic alphabet, showing an order for a…

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# A 15th-century hieratic ostracon from Theban Tomb 99 preserves the h-l-h-m letter order of the longer South Semitic…

A 15th-century hieratic ostracon from Theban Tomb 99 preserves the h-l-h-m letter order of the longer South Semitic alphabet, showing an order for a fuller consonant set existed early.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[How many letters did the earliest alphabet have, and which Egyptian signs are their prototypes?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW8BKH407/how-many-letters-did-the-earliest-alphabet-have-and-which)

2 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[About 27 letters with Egyptian prototypes (Albright, Hamilton)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/answers/ANS0DEDYQ73G7Y9/about-27-letters-with-egyptian-prototypes-albright-hamilton)

Supports2 for, none against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 1

[Halaḥam on an Ostracon of the Early New Kingdom?](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJQYGSVB7/halaham-on-an-ostracon-of-the-early-new-kingdom)

Haring 2015

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A 15th-century hieratic ostracon from Theban Tomb 99 preserves the h-l-h-m letter order of the longer South Semitic… [Evidence EVD0DEEB57EH5CM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB57EH5CM
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