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The Byblos Syllabary: Bridging the Gap Between Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Semitic Alphabets

James E. Hoch, 1990.

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Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 20: 115-124 (published 1993). Argues that the Byblos signs derive from the Egyptian uniconsonantal signs and that the syllabary's remains formed the core of the Semitic linear alphabets; links the forms to Old Kingdom Egyptian. URL is the author's CV listing the paper.

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James E. Hoch (1990). The Byblos Syllabary: Bridging the Gap Between Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Semitic Alphabets. https://ualberta.academia.edu/JamesHoch/CurriculumVitae
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