# W. M. Flinders Petrie 1906: Researches in Sinai > W. M. Flinders Petrie, C. T. Currelly, 1906. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. London: John Murray. First publication of the Serabit el-Khadim… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)W. M. Flinders Petrie 1906 **0** # Researches in Sinai W. M. Flinders Petrie, C. T. Currelly, 1906. **Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** BookCopy of **[The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT52F96KY/the-serabit-sphinx-sinai-345-british-museum-ea41748)** 0 ## What it's used for here London: John Murray. First publication of the Serabit el-Khadim "new alphabet" (pp. 129-132, figs 138-141): the statuette and sphinx from the temple and about eight tablets at Mine L; Petrie's left-to-right reading and c. 1500 BC date. Public-domain scan on the Internet Archive. ## Cited by on this site 11 records [The Serabit rock inscriptions at Mines L and M (Sinai 349 to 375)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT6E9273H/the-serabit-rock-inscriptions-at-mines-l-and-m-sinai-349-to) ART [The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345 (British Museum EA41748)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT52F96KY/the-serabit-sphinx-sinai-345-british-museum-ea41748) ART [The Serabit statuette, Sinai 346 (Egyptian Museum JE 38268)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT5JARJQ1/the-serabit-statuette-sinai-346-egyptian-museum-je-38268) ART [Photograph: Proto-Sinaitic inscription on the Serabit statuette (Sinai 346), Petrie 1906](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/copies/CPY0DEDR6N0P78E/photograph-proto-sinaitic-inscription-on-the-serabit) CPY [The Serabit sphinx, Sinai 345: photo (Petrie 1906, fig. 141)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/copies/CPY0DEDTJDC8THW/the-serabit-sphinx-sinai-345-photo-petrie-1906-fig-141) CPY [The Serabit statuette, Sinai 346: photo (Petrie 1906, figs 138-139)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/copies/CPY0DEDTMXH61S2/the-serabit-statuette-sinai-346-photo-petrie-1906-figs-138) CPY [Petrie, Researches in Sinai (1906): public-domain scan with the first photographs of the script](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDVG9FSC1R/petrie-researches-in-sinai-1906-public-domain-scan-with-the) Dataset DAT [Petrie found a Thutmose III-period potsherd at Mine L and the statuette at a Hatshepsut-period shrine, and Albright's…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEAABC7Y8G/petrie-found-a-thutmose-iii-period-potsherd-at-mine-l-and) Evidence EVD [Flinders and Hilda Petrie find the sphinx, the statuette and about eight rock tablets at Mine L and publish them as a new alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDRNJRR8J1/flinders-and-hilda-petrie-find-the-sphinx-the-statuette-and) EVT [Flinders Petrie](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/people/FIG0DEDQ9EN2J4G/flinders-petrie) FIG [Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` W. M. Flinders Petrie, & C. T. Currelly (1906). Researches in Sinai. https://archive.org/details/researchesinsina00petruoft ``` [Find it at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/researchesinsina00petruoft) Key **SRC** 0DEDHGPCAVPJ Kind Book Rights The publisher's Kept 31 Oct 2026, for editors Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai/csl.json)