# Alan H. Gardiner 1916: The Egyptian Origin of the Semitic Alphabet

> Alan H. Gardiner, 1916. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3(1): 1-16. The founding reading: the recurring group…

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# The Egyptian Origin of the Semitic Alphabet

Alan H. Gardiner, 1916.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** Articledoi: **[10.2307/3853586](https://doi.org/10.2307/3853586)** 0

## What it's used for here

Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3(1): 1-16. The founding reading: the recurring group of signs read acrophonically as b-'-l-t, "Lady" (Baalat), and the argument that the signs are hieroglyphs given Semitic letter names.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[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

[Acrophony](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DEEBCCZWYE4/acrophony)

CPT

[Every secure word in the corpus (b'lt, l "to", 'l "god", rb "chief") is Northwest Semitic, and the descendant script…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEA2P825X3/every-secure-word-in-the-corpus-blt-l-to-l-god-rb-chief-is)

Evidence

EVD

[The recurring sign group reads b'lt, "Lady", by acrophonic values, and sits on a sphinx whose Egyptian text is a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEE968TSG59/the-recurring-sign-group-reads-blt-lady-by-acrophonic-values)

Evidence

EVD

[Alan Gardiner reads the recurring sign group as Semitic b'lt, "Lady", and explains the letters as hieroglyphs named in Semitic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDRNQD5X4C/alan-gardiner-reads-the-recurring-sign-group-as-semitic-blt)

EVT

[Alan Gardiner](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/people/FIG0DEDQ9NR2M42/alan-gardiner)

FIG

[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)

The mystery article

MYS

[What do the Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol inscriptions say?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW6M9X8F5/what-do-the-proto-sinaitic-and-wadi-el-hol-inscriptions-say)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Alan H. Gardiner (1916). The Egyptian Origin of the Semitic Alphabet. https://doi.org/10.2307/3853586
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/3853586)

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