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Halaḥam on an Ostracon of the Early New Kingdom?

Ben Haring, 2015.

MYS0DEDPKNZB213 · mystery · click to copyMProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetArticledoi: 10.1086/6823300

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Journal of Near Eastern Studies 74(2): 189-196. A hieratic ostracon from Theban Tomb 99 (15th century BC) whose words begin with the sounds h, l, ḥ, m: the earliest evidence of the South Semitic letter order, written by an Egyptian scribe.

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Ben Haring (2015). Halaḥam on an Ostracon of the Early New Kingdom?. https://doi.org/10.1086/682330
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