Proto-Sinaitic script

GPTKB entity

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