# James E. Hoch 1990: The Byblos Syllabary: Bridging the Gap Between Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Semitic Alphabets

> James E. Hoch, 1990. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 20: 115-124 (published…

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

James E. Hoch, 1990.

**Byblos syllabary** Article0

## What it's used for here

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.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Eight of the twelve most frequent Byblos sign types lie within a small graphical distance of an Egyptian…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDVN022MA5/eight-of-the-twelve-most-frequent-byblos-sign-types-lie)

Evidence

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[Hoch finds the closest Egyptian parallels for the Byblos sign forms in Old Kingdom characters of about 2700 to 2200 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDVM9V3QNK/hoch-finds-the-closest-egyptian-parallels-for-the-byblos)

Evidence

EVD

[James Hoch derives the signs from the Egyptian uniconsonantal signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/events/EVT0DEDMMHY7PS6/james-hoch-derives-the-signs-from-the-egyptian)

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[James E. Hoch](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJ8S5DPTD/james-e-hoch)

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[The Byblos syllabary](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary)

The mystery article

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[Where did the Byblos signs come from, and is the script related to the Proto-Sinaitic and Phoenician alphabets?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQBGYEW6/where-did-the-byblos-signs-come-from-and-is-the-script)

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## Cite it

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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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