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Writing Scripts Descended from Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Samaritan

ࠔࠌࠓࠄࠌ

Abjadcitation needed
6 c. BCE - Presentcitation needed


Right-to-left1

Samaritan

Languages1

Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic

Places2,3

Holon (Israel) and Kiryat Luza (Palestine)

Abecedary1

S01
Samaritan letter Ā'lāf
S02
Samaritan letter Bīt
S03
Samaritan letter Gā'mān
S04
Samaritan letter Dā'lāt
S05
Samaritan letter Īy
S06
Samaritan letter Bā̊
S07
Samaritan letter Zēn
S08
Samaritan letter Īt
S09
Samaritan letter Ṭīt
S10
Samaritan letter Yūt
S11
Samaritan letter Kā̊f
S12
Samaritan letter Lā'bāt
S13
Samaritan letter Mīm
S14
Samaritan letter Nūn
Sv
Samaritan letter Sin'gā̊t
S16
Samaritan letter Īn
S18
Samaritan letter Fī
S19
Samaritan letter Ṣā̊'dīy
S20
Samaritan letter Qūf
S21
Samaritan letter Rīš
S22
Samaritan letter
S24
Samaritan letter Tā̊f

Cursive4

S01
Samaritan letter Ā'lāf
S02
Samaritan letter Bīt
S03
Samaritan letter Gā'mān
S04
Samaritan letter Dā'lāt
S05
Samaritan letter Īy
S06
Samaritan letter Bā̊
S07
Samaritan letter Zēn
S08
Samaritan letter Īt
S09
Samaritan letter Ṭīt
S10
Samaritan letter Yūt
S11
Samaritan letter Kā̊f
S12
Samaritan letter Lā'bāt
S13
Samaritan letter Mīm
S14
Samaritan letter Nūn
Sv
Samaritan letter Sin'gā̊t
S16
Samaritan letter Īn
S18
Samaritan letter Fī
S19
Samaritan letter Ṣā̊'dīy
S20
Samaritan letter Qūf
S21
Samaritan letter Rīš
S22
Samaritan letter
S24
Samaritan letter Tā̊f
S01c
Cursive Samaritan letter Ā'lāf
S02c
Cursive Samaritan letter Bīt
S03c
Cursive Samaritan letter Gā'mān
S04c
Cursive Samaritan letter Dā'lāt
S05c
Cursive Samaritan letter Īy
S06c
Cursive Samaritan letter Bā̊
S07c
Cursive Samaritan letter Zēn
S08c
Cursive Samaritan letter Īt
S09c
Cursive Samaritan letter Ṭīt
S10c
Cursive Samaritan letter Yūt
S11c
Cursive Samaritan letter Kā̊f
S12c
Cursive Samaritan letter Lā'bāt
S13c
Cursive Samaritan letter Mīm
S14c
Cursive Samaritan letter Nūn
S15c
Cursive Samaritan letter Sin'gā̊t
S16c
Cursive Samaritan letter Īn
S18c
Cursive Samaritan letter Fī
S19c
Cursive Samaritan letter Ṣā̊'dīy
S20c
Cursive Samaritan letter Qūf
S21c
Cursive Samaritan letter Rīš
S22c
Cursive Samaritan letter
S24c
Cursive Samaritan letter Tā̊f

Epigraphy5

Samaritan Pentateuch

Samaritan Pentateuch (description - here)

Script comparison1,6-8

Writing Script Head of ox House plan Throw stick Nile tilapia Man with arms raised Pear shaped mace Two diagonal strokes Plan of rectangular enclosure Heart and trachea Arm with downward facing palm Hand Crook Water ripple Cobra Reed column Eye Wick Mouth Rush with shoots Cord on stick Head Bow Basket of fruit or grain Crossed sticks
Logography
            
32 c. BCE - 4 c. CE
EH01
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
EH02
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O1
EH03
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T14
EH04
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. K1
EH05
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A28
EH06
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T3
EH07
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z4
EH08
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. 06
EH09
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F35
EH10
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D42
EH11
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D46
EH12
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S39
EH13
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
EH14
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I10
EH15
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. R11
EH16
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D4
EH17
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V28
EH18
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
EH19
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22
EH20
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V24
EH21
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D1
EH22
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T9a
EH23
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M39
EH24
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z9
Paleo-Hebrew (Parent)
Abjad
                
10 c. BCE - 135 CE
PH01
Paleo-Hebrew letter ʾālep
PH02
Paleo-Hebrew letter Bēt
PH03
Paleo-Hebrew letter Gīml
PH04
Paleo-Hebrew letter Dālet
PH05
Paleo-Hebrew letter He
PH06
Paleo-Hebrew letter Wāw
PH07
Paleo-Hebrew letter Zajin/Zayin
PH08
Paleo-Hebrew letter Hēt
PH09
Paleo-Hebrew letter Ṭēt
PH10
Paleo-Hebrew letter Yod
PH11
Paleo-Hebrew letter Kāp
PH12
Paleo-Hebrew letter Lāmed
PH13
Paleo-Hebrew letter Mēm
PH14
Paleo-Hebrew letter Nūn
PH15
Paleo-Hebrew letter Śāmek
PH16
Paleo-Hebrew letter ʿayin
PH18
Paleo-Hebrew letter Pē
PH19
Paleo-Hebrew letter Ṩādē
PH20
Paleo-Hebrew letter Qōp
PH21
Paleo-Hebrew letter Rēs/Resh
PH22
Paleo-Hebrew letter Šīn
PH24
Paleo-Hebrew letter Tāw
Samaritan Abjad
6 c. BCE - Present
S01
Samaritan letter Ā'lāf
S02
Samaritan letter Bīt
S03
Samaritan letter Gā'mān
S04
Samaritan letter Dā'lāt
S05
Samaritan letter Īy
S06
Samaritan letter Bā̊
S07
Samaritan letter Zēn
S08
Samaritan letter Īt
S09
Samaritan letter Ṭīt
S10
Samaritan letter Yūt
S11
Samaritan letter Kā̊f
S12
Samaritan letter Lā'bāt
S13
Samaritan letter Mīm
S14
Samaritan letter Nūn
Sv
Samaritan letter Sin'gā̊t
S16
Samaritan letter Īn
S18
Samaritan letter Fī
S19
Samaritan letter Ṣā̊'dīy
S20
Samaritan letter Qūf
S21
Samaritan letter Rīš
S22
Samaritan letter
S24
Samaritan letter Tā̊f

Lineage1,9-12


Egyptian Hieroglyphs
 ↳Hieratic Egyptian
  ↳Proto-Sinaitic
   ↳Phoenician
    ↳Paleo-Hebrew
     ↳Samaritan