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Comparative edit
Comparative material for early alphabetic development
Ur edit
Petrie edit
Potter's marks, Tarkhan, by Petrie edit
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You could interpret a number of these as Egyptian hieroglyphs, natural/neutral ideograms, or proto Sinaitic script. So how do you choose -- "Which one was the author thinking in?"
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Dating the vessels that carry these marks can sometimes be done with great precision, but the marks are said to be often more ancient than their scriptors. So how do you date the symbols themselves?
Potter's marks, "Gerar" and "Israel and Palestine", https://biblicalarchaeology.org.uk/pdf/petrie/palestine-and-israel_petrie.pdf by Petrie edit
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throw this in here. Much later. Earliest square script we have, Petrie says.
"The Formation of the Alphabet" edit
Letters edit
Discuss individual letters of any script on the talk page.
References edit
External links edit