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Phoenician script
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Phoenician script

Abjad found in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions across the Mediterranean from the 11th–2nd centuries BCE

Entityabjadnatural writing systemunicase alphabetQ26752

Also known as Early Linear script · Phoenician alphabet · Phoenician abjad · Phnx

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Founded
  • 1050 BCE

Overview

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66 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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Started
  • 1200 BCE
Ended
  • 150 BCE
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Time of earliest written record
  • 840 BCE
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On other databases

15 identifiers linking Phoenician script across the web's reference databases