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Its immediate predecessor, the Proto-Canaanite, Old Canaanite or Proto-Sinaitic script, used in the final stages of the Late Bronze Age, first in either Egypt or Canaan and then in the Syro-Hittite kingdoms, is the oldest fully matured alphabet, and it was derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Proto-Canaanite is the name given to. (a) the Proto-Sinaitic script when found in Canaan, dating to about the 17th century BC and later. [1] (b) a hypothetical ancestor of the Phoenician script before some cut-off date, typically 1050 BC, with an undefined affinity to Proto-Sinaitic. [2]
"extreme scarcity of Proto-Sinaitic signs" "It has been argued that Proto-Sinaitic was an alphabet" " If correctly translated, the word baʿlat (Lady) lends credence to the identification of the language as Semitic." "According to the alphabet theory" "However, the lack of further progress in decipherment casts doubt over the other suppositions ...
Chama-se geralmente da proto-sinaítica também todas escritas não decifradas mais antigas datando da metade da Idade do Bronze (entre 2000 e 1525 a.C.) e proto-cananéias aquelas do fim da Idade do Bronze (1525 e 1200 a.), escritas em línguas semíticas . A origem egípcia dessa escrita é corroborada por outro índice, o chamado princípio ...
Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions (byu.edu) Proto-Sinaitic - 18th-14th cent. B.C., Mnamon Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean; Escritura Proto-sinaítica (in Spanish), Promotora Española de Lingüística (Proel). Wadi el-Hol. USC West Semitic Research Project site on Wadi el-Hol, with photos; Yale news article on Wadi el-Hol from 2000 Dec
The earliest Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions are mostly dated to between the mid-19th (early date) and the mid-16th (late date) century BC. The principal debate is between an early date, around 1850 BC, and a late date, around 1550 BC. The choice of one or the other date decides whether it is proto-Sinaitic or proto-Canaanite, and by extension ...