Proto-Sinaitic script
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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 inscri
Proto-Sinaitic inscription #346, the first published photograph of the script. The line running from the upper left to lower right may read mt l bʿlt '... to the Lady'
Traces of the 16 and 12 characters of the two Wadi el-Hol inscriptions
Ancient South Arabian script
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The Ancient South Arabian script branched from the Proto-Sinaitic script in about the late 2nd millennium BCE, and remained in use through the late sixth century CE. It is an abjad, a writing system w
South Arabian inscription addressed to the Sabaean national god Almaqah
Sabaean letter examples on page 274 of the book "Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift" by Carl Faulmann, 1880
Sabaean letter examples on page 275 of the book "Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift" by Carl Faulmann, 1880