Biblical Hebrew Forum

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The Sinai carved graffiti of Sirabit al-KhAdim (AKA  the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions of Sinai) are the work of MINERS not nomads!

Most of the thirty or so votive inscriptions have been found among much more numerous hieratic and hieroglyphic inscriptions, scratched on rocks near and in the turquoise mines and along the roads leading to the temple of the Egyptian goddess Hathor (ḥwt-ḥr).

 

Egyptologist Orly Goldwasser believes the script was most likely invented during the reign of pharaoh Amenemhet III of the Twelfth Dynasty (See :  a b c d e f Goldwasser, Orly (Mar/Apr 2010). "How the Alphabet Was Born from Hieroglyphs". Biblical Archaeology Review(Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society) 36 (1).

 

Ishinan Ishibashi