Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_documents
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gptkbp:discoveredIn |
gptkb:Byblos,_Lebanon
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gptkbp:foundIn |
Byblos
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Byblos inscriptions
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gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Phoenician
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gptkbp:material |
gptkb:stone
ivory metal |
gptkbp:notableExample |
gptkb:Abiba‘l_inscription
gptkb:Ahiram_sarcophagus_inscription gptkb:Osorkon_bust_inscription gptkb:Yehimilk_inscription |
gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Levant
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Proto-Sinaitic_script
Phoenician alphabet |
gptkbp:script |
gptkb:Proto-Canaanite_script
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gptkbp:significance |
early evidence of alphabetic writing
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gptkbp:startDate |
2nd millennium BCE
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gptkbp:studiedBy |
archaeologists
epigraphists |
gptkbp:writingSystem |
alphabetic
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:ancient_Phoenicians
gptkb:Phoenician_language |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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