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EPISODE · Apr 22, 2021 · 59 MIN

Which is the Best Bronze Age Note-Taking App, or Why Did it Take the Alphabet a Thousand Years to Catch On?

from This Week in the Ancient Near East · host thisweekintheancientneareast

A tiny inscribed potsherd dating to the first half of the 15th century BCE from Lachish in southern Israel has six little letters. Is this the earliest alphabetic inscription in the southern Levant? Does it change the story of the alphabet? And who breaks nice pottery to write a note? Our panelists are puzzled, but not necessarily surprised.   To learn more ‘Missing link’ in alphabet’s history said unearthed in Israel on Canaanite sherd https://www.timesofisrael.com/missing-link-in-alphabets-history-said-unearthed-in-israel-on-canaanite-sherd/

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