Samples of protosinai writing were found at excavations in Sarabit al-Hadim , Sinai .
| Protosinai writing |
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| Type of letter | consonant |
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| Languages | unknown semitic language |
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| Place of occurrence | Sinai Peninsula ( Ancient Egypt ) |
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| Territory | Sinai Peninsula ( Ancient Egypt ) |
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| Period | about II millennium BC |
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| Letter direction | from right to left |
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| Signs | up to 30 |
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| Developed in | Canaanite , Phoenician |
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| Related | supposedly biblical writing |
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The inscription "Ba'alat", approx. 1500 BC |
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Turquoise deposits were developed here by the Egyptian pharaohs during the Middle and New Kingdoms .
Written language has not yet been deciphered , it was only established that it has an alphabet of approximately 30 characters , visually similar to Egyptian hieroglyphs .
Used to record a language akin to the Phoenician .
Possible correspondences between Protosinai and Phoenician| Hieroglyph | Protosinai | MFA value | reconstructed name | Phoenician | Paleo jewish | Aramaic | Hebrew | Others * |
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|  | / ʔ / | ʾAlp "bull" |  |  |  | א |  Α 𐌀 A |
|  | / b / | bet "house" |  |  |  | ב |  Β 𐌁 B |
|  | / h / | hll glee> he window |  |  |  | ה |  Ε 𐌄 E |
|  | / k / | kaf palm |  |  |  | כ , ך |  Κ 𐌊 K |
|  | / m / | mayim "water" |  |  |  | מ , ם |  Μ 𐌌 M |
|  | / n / | naḥš "snake"> nun "fish" |  |  |  | נ , ן |  Ν 𐌍 N |
|  | / ʕ / | ʿEn "eye" |  |  |  | ע |  Ο 𐌏 O |
|  | / r / | roʾš "head" |  |  |  | ר |   Ρ 𐌓 R |
|  | / ʃ / | šimš " sun "> šin "tooth" |  |  |  | ש |   Σ 𐌔 S |
|  | / t / | tāw "sign" |  |  |  | ת |  Τ 𐌕 T |
- Archaic Greek , modern Greek , Etruscan and Latin letters.
Content
Α 𐌀 A
Β 𐌁 B
Ε 𐌄 E
Κ 𐌊 K
Μ 𐌌 M
Ν 𐌍 N
Ο 𐌏 O
Ρ 𐌓 R
Σ 𐌔 S
Τ 𐌕 T
