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- The inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadem are written in the earliest known alphabetic script, from which all other alphabets derive. That script is called Old Canaanite or proto-Canaanite (though in the form found at Serabit it is known as proto-Sinaitic script).
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Jul 24, 2022 · During the 2012 excavations at the southern wall of the Temple Mount, archaeologist Eilat Mazar discovered an inscription with the earliest alphabet letters ever found in Jerusalem. The inscription—carved on a storage jar—is written in the Proto-Canaanite script and dates to the 11th or 10th century B.C.E.
The Proto-Sinaitic script is a Middle Bronze Age writing system known from a small corpus of about 30-40 inscriptions and fragments from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, as well as two inscriptions from Wadi el-Hol in Middle Egypt.
Proto-Canaanite, also referred to as Proto-Canaan, Old Canaanite, or Canaanite, is the name given to either a script ancestral to the Phoenician or Paleo-Hebrew script with undefined affinity to Proto-Sinaitic, or to the Proto-Sinaitic script (c. 16th century BC), when found in Canaan.
Proto-Canaanite is a name used for a version of the Proto-Sinaitic script as used in Canaan, an area encompassing modern Lebannon, Israel, Palestine and western parts of Syria. It is also used to refer to an early version of the Phoenican script as used before 1050 BC, or an ancestor of the Phoenician script.
Jul 25, 2013 · Proto-Canaanite as the language of the inscription is the choice of Ahituv and one of Rollston’s choices, so this option must be evaluated. The fatal flaw of Canaanite as the language of the Ophel inscription’s script is the Egyptian roots of the script, as opposed to Canaanite roots.
Jun 25, 2023 · Although several Proto-Canaanite inscriptions have been found, with some even older than the Lachish comb, this is by far the oldest alphabetic inscription that contains a full sentence. Other ancient inscriptions are generally brief and consist only of the name of the object or its owner.
The inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadem are written in the earliest known alphabetic script, from which all other alphabets derive. That script is called Old Canaanite or proto-Canaanite (though in the form found at Serabit it is known as proto-Sinaitic script).
