The Story of the Alphabet

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The Story of the Alphabet
Edward Clodd
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PateTKOsteT Rehvs . . ~- y;. Ckiiuse PictiiTe), ( 1 "man. " « ^> -^a> "dagger. " 8. 'Ayin eye Omicron 3 Pe mouth n TT Pi iJ Tsade javelin ? (San— -lost) P Qoph knot? (Koppa— obsolete) | n Resh head P p Rho t:^Shin teeth 2 o-ff Sigma JlTau mark T r Tau Y i; Upsilon ' . = * (/) Phi X X Chi - u ^ v^ Psi J 12 0) Omega, ^ EGYPTIAN WRITING 1 37 Assuming the theory of the Phoenician origin of the alphabet to be estabUshed, the next question is, was that alphabet an independent invention, or was it ad...apted from another set of characters ? As has been seen, all evidence goes to show that sound-signs have been de- rived from pictographsj and, if the Phoenician script be no exception to this, search must be made for its earlier forms. Tradition asserted that " the Phoenicians did not claim to be them- selves the inventors of the art of writing, but admitted that it was obtained by them from Egypt.

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