Early alphabetic writing in the ancient Near East
The 'missing link' from Tel Lachish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3158387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felix Höflmayer (0000-0002-6784-0536, Austrian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Haggai Misgav (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Lyndelle Webster (0000-0002-6538-4573, Austrian Academy of Sciences), Katharina Streit (0000-0003-2573-6738, Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 381 |
| Pages | 705-719 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2020.157 |
| OpenAlex | W3155448066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
The origin of alphabetic script lies in second-millennium BC Bronze Age Levantine societies. A chronological gap, however, divides the earliest evidence from the Sinai and Egypt-dated to the nineteenth century BC-and from the thirteenth-century BC corpus in Palestine. Here, the authors report a newly discovered Late Bronze Age alphabetic inscription from Tel Lachish, Israel. Dating to the fifteenth century BC, this inscription is currently the oldest securely dated alphabetic inscription from the Southern Levant, and may therefore be regarded as the 'missing link'. The proliferation of early alphabetic writing in the Southern Levant should be considered a product of Levantine-Egyptian interaction during the mid second millennium BC, rather than of later Egyptian domination
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Fifteenth · Geography · Palestine · Southern Levant · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
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The Egyptian Origin of the Semitic Alphabet
Once Again the Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions
The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and Their Decipherment
The Cultural and Chronological Implications of the Cypro-Palestinian Trade during the Late Bronze Age
The Inscription from Gezer at the School in Jerusalem
The Lachish Jar Sherd
A Double Abecedary? Halaḥam and ʾAbgad on the TT99 Ostracon
Egyptian Centres and the Distribution of the Alphabet in the Levant
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Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates
New Radiocarbon-based assessment Supports the Prominence of Tel Lachish during late Bronze age IB-IIA
The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)
Halaḥam on an Ostracon of the Early New Kingdom
Between Destruction and Diplomacy in Canaan
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |