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Non-cuneiform writing at third-millennium Umm el-Marra, Syria: Evidence of an early alphabetic tradition?

Glenn M. Schwartz, 2021.

MYS0DEDPKNZB213 · mystery · click to copyMProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetArticledoi: 10.19272/2021333010180

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Pasiphae 15. Schwartz's argument that the cylinder signs are best compared with early alphabetic letters, with tentative values (about seven sounds) and a cautious conclusion; the claim was restated more firmly at the ASOR meeting in November 2024.

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Glenn M. Schwartz (2021). Non-cuneiform writing at third-millennium Umm el-Marra, Syria: Evidence of an early alphabetic tradition?. https://doi.org/10.19272/202133301018
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