On the Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean before 1400 B. C

This article argues that Rhys Carpenter's date of ca. 700 and Naveh's of the 11th century B. C. for the transmission of the Semitic alphabet to Greece, are both far too low. New finds of early inscriptions in North Arabic scripts, notably that at Kāmid el-Lōz, revive the hypothesis propose...

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Main Author: Bernal, Martin (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 1987
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1987, Volume: 267, Pages: 1-19
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