# Several different hieroglyphs serve as a single letter in the early texts, which fits an inventory that was not yet…

> Several different hieroglyphs serve as a single letter in the early texts, which fits an inventory that was not yet standardised.

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# Several different hieroglyphs serve as a single letter in the early texts, which fits an inventory that was not yet…

Several different hieroglyphs serve as a single letter in the early texts, which fits an inventory that was not yet standardised.

Speculative0

## 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[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/answers/ANS0DEDYQK49F4J/none-of-these)

Supports1 for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Sources 1

[The Miners Who Invented the Alphabet: A Response to Christopher Rollston](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ6H344AD/the-miners-who-invented-the-alphabet-a-response-to)

Goldwasser 2012

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Several different hieroglyphs serve as a single letter in the early texts, which fits an inventory that was not yet… [Evidence EVD0DEEB5M5CFQS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB5M5CFQS
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