# Ben J. J. Haring 2025: The Egyptian Background of Early Alphabetic Writing

> Ben J. J. Haring, 2025. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. In G. Kim and H. Kim (eds), The Dawn of Writing Systems, Incheon: National Museum of…

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# The Egyptian Background of Early Alphabetic Writing

Ben J. J. Haring, 2025.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** Chapter0

## What it's used for here

In G. Kim and H. Kim (eds), The Dawn of Writing Systems, Incheon: National Museum of World Writing Systems, 239-254; open copy in the Leiden repository. A current Egyptological summary: the Wadi el-Hol texts remain unread, the Twelfth Dynasty date is strong but not certain, and Egyptian uniconsonantal signs are a conceptual source.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Abjad](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DEEBDB6Z0HG/abjad)

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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)

Evidence

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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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[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)

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## Cite it

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Ben J. J. Haring (2025). The Egyptian Background of Early Alphabetic Writing. https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item:4210941/view
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