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Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Origins of the Alphabet

Madadh Richey, 2023.

MYS0DEDPKNZB213 · mystery · click to copyMProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetArticledoi: 10.1086/7275760

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Maarav 27: 1-38. Argues from the Umm el-Marra cylinders and the alphabetic signs on Sealand-dynasty cuneiform tablets that the alphabet's early history was not confined to Egypt and may have a northern Levantine strand.

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Madadh Richey (2023). Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Origins of the Alphabet. https://doi.org/10.1086/727576
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