proto-sinaitic

name 2adj 2

Definitions

name

1

An ancient consonantal script (abjad), found in a small corpus of about 40 inscriptions and fragments dating to the Middle Bronze Age, the vast majority from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It was written by speakers of a S

2

Referring to several early consonantal scripts (abjads) used in Egypt and the Levant during the Bronze Age adapted from Egyptian hieroglyphs using acrophonic spelling to write a Semitic language or languages, possibly Canaanite. Considered

adj

1

Describing the script or scripts known as Proto-Sinaitic (plural Proto-Sinaitic)

2

Describing the script or scripts known as Proto-Sinaitic (plural Proto-Sinaitic)

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