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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
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