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Ugaritic alphabet

The Ugaritic alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was written using the same tools as those used to write cuneiform (i.e. pressing a wedge-shaped stylus into a clay tablet). It was mostly written from left to right, but not exclusively. It emerged c. 1400 or 1300 BCE to write Ugaritic, an extinct Northwest Semitic language, and fell out of use…

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Origin

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Alphabetical order

HieraticOstraconEgyptian tombSafaiticRank closeness
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Overview

Consonantal alphabetCuneiformStylusClay tabletUgaritic
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Ugaritic short alphabet

Tel Beit ShemeshSareptaTirynsTell Sukas
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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Ugaritic, Hurrian, Akkadian
Parent systems
Proto-Sinaitic script?Ugaritic · Ugaritic
Period
c. 1400 – c. 1190 BCE
Script type
Abjad
Unicode alias
Ugaritic

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Ugaritic short alphabet

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Ugaritic alphabet

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Ugaritic alphabet

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related to Ugaritic short alphabet · 13
Ugaritic alphabet → Beth Shemesh, Findspots, It, One, Only, Sarepta, Tel Beit Shemesh, Tell Sukas, Tell Ta'annek, Tiryns, Two, Ugarit, Ugaritic
related to Function · 10
Ugaritic alphabet → Dietrich, In, It, Loretz, Northwest Semitic, Segert, Semitic, The, The Ugaritic, Ugaritic
related to Implications for the interpretation of undeciphered scripts · 8
Ugaritic alphabet → By, Byblos, Cartwright, It, MISS, Proto-Sinaitic Script, Tay, Ugaritic
related to Is.Mu 650 and Is.R 204 · 8
Ugaritic alphabet → Ahiram Sarcophagus, Is, MISS, Mu, Safaitic, The Ugaritic, Ugaritic, Using
related to Proto-Sinaitic origin hypothesis · 8
Ugaritic alphabet → Greek, It, Latin, Other, Proto-Sinaitic, Semitic, Some, Ugaritic
related to Cuneiform hypothesis · 6
Ugaritic alphabet → Akkadian, Many, Moreover, The, Ugarit, Ugaritic
related to Abecedaries · 5
Ugaritic alphabet → North, South, South Semitic, Two, Ugaritic
related to Order proximity with Safaitic orders · 5
Ugaritic alphabet → Cartwright, In, Order, Safaitic, Ugaritic
Parent systems · 2
Ugaritic alphabet → Proto-Sinaitic script?Ugaritic, Ugaritic
Direction · 1
Ugaritic alphabet → Left-to-right

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ugaritic alphabet letters script order also written found cuneiform alphabetical akkadian used semitic abecedaries ugarit writing one alphabets language safaitic

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Ugaritic alphabetDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Ugar (040), ​Ugaritic1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetLanguagesUgaritic, Hurrian, Akkadian1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetParent systemsProto-Sinaitic script?Ugaritic1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetParent systemsUgaritic1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetPeriodc. 1400 – c. 1190 BCE1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetScript typeAbjad1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetUnicode aliasUgaritic1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetUnicode rangeU+10380–U+1039F1.00infobox
Ugaritic alphabetis aconsonantal alphabet0.90text
alphabetical orderinstance ofthe city came into contact with multiple different writing systems each possessing its own set of attributes0.80text
letter naming conventionsinstance ofthe city came into contact with multiple different writing systems each possessing its own set of attributes0.80text

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