# William Foxwell Albright 1966: The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment

> William Foxwell Albright, 1966. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Harvard Theological Studies 22, Harvard University Press. Albright's full…

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# The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment

William Foxwell Albright, 1966.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** Book0

## What it's used for here

Harvard Theological Studies 22, Harvard University Press. Albright's full decipherment: 23 of a probable 27 letters identified, texts dated c. 1525-1475 BC, readings of votive formulae to Baalat; the readings beyond b'lt are mostly not accepted today.

## Cited by on this site 7 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)

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[Albright identified 23 of a probable 27 letters, Hamilton gives each an Egyptian prototype, and a Wadi el-Hol sign has…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEB4AEFYMB/albright-identified-23-of-a-probable-27-letters-hamilton)

Evidence

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[Full readings of the same Sinai and Wadi el-Hol texts by Albright, Wilson-Wright and Puech disagree with one another…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEE96S52CS7/full-readings-of-the-same-sinai-and-wadi-el-hol-texts-by)

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[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

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[William Albright publishes values for 23 of a probable 27 letters and full readings, dated to c. 1525-1475 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDRZBEXG1E/william-albright-publishes-values-for-23-of-a-probable-27)

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[William F. Albright](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/people/FIG0DEDQA1M7YKV/william-f-albright)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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William Foxwell Albright (1966). The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions and Their Decipherment. https://archive.org/details/AlbrightTheProtoSinaiticInscriptionsAndTheirDecipherment1969
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