Benjamin Sass
Epigrapher; author of the 1988 corpus, who later moved the alphabet's date down to c. 1300 BC
Benjamin Sass is israeli epigrapher and archaeologist, Tel Aviv University, whose 1988 Genesis of the Alphabet is the corpus catalogue; he reversed his Middle Kingdom dating in 2004-2005, and appears in the record of Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet as epigrapher; author of the 1988 corpus, who later moved the alphabet's date down to c. 1300 BC.
One event on the site involves Sass: Benjamin Sass publishes the corpus catalogue and argues for a Middle Kingdom date, a position he reverses in 2004-2005 (1988).
One question rest in part on what Sass did or said, among them “When were the Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions written: in the Middle Kingdom, about 1850 BC, or in the New Kingdom?”, which stands open: 4 answers, none ahead.
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Benjamin Sass [Person FIG0DEDQAF6A3S3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDQAF6A3S3
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