Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
writing system
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
ancient mining sites
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gptkbp:characterTraits |
about 30 characters
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gptkbp:composedOf |
consonantal letters
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance |
foundation for later alphabets
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gptkbp:descendant |
Proto-Canaanite script
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gptkbp:developedBy |
gptkb:Egyptian_hieroglyphs
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gptkbp:established |
archaeologists
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gptkbp:firstAppearance |
Serabit el-Khadim
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gptkbp:historical_analysis |
linguists and archaeologists
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gptkbp:historicalContext |
Middle Bronze Age
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Proto-Sinaitic script
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
Semitic_languages
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gptkbp:inheritsFrom |
gptkb:Phoenician_script
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
inscriptions_at_Wadi_el-Hol
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Phoenician_alphabet
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gptkbp:significance |
earliest known alphabetic script
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gptkbp:timePeriod |
circa 1850-1550 BCE
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gptkbp:type |
abjad
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gptkbp:usedBy |
Canaanites
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gptkbp:usedFor |
writing inscriptions
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gptkbp:wrote |
right to left
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