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Journal of Semitic Studies 2009 54(1):51-79; doi:10.1093/jss/fgn040
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A Proposal to Read the Legend of a Seal-Amulet from Deir Rifa, Egypt as an Early West Semitic Alphabetic Inscription

Gordon J. Hamilton

Huron University College

The legend of a seal-amulet, UC 51354, from Deir Rifa, Egypt remains unclassified. Here the case is made that it is written in Proto-Canaanite alphabetic script and reads as a short West Semitic text indicating the name and title of its owner.


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