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Writing Scripts Descended from Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Southeastern
Iberian

Semi-syllabary1
4 c. BCE - 1 c. CE1


Right-to-left and left-to-right1

Southeastern Iberian

Languages1

Iberian

Places1

Southeastern Iberian peninsula

Abecedary1

Vowel signs

SEI01
Southeastern Iberian letter A
SEI16
Southeastern Iberian letter E
SEI10
Southeastern Iberian letter I
SEI01a
Southeastern Iberian letter O
SEI06
Southeastern Iberian letter U

Stop signs

SEI03
Southeastern Iberian letter Ga/Ka
SEI11
Southeastern Iberian letter Ge/Ke
SEI20
Southeastern Iberian letter Gi/Ki
SEI_e02
Southeastern Iberian letter Go/Ko
SEI02
Southeastern Iberian letter Ba
SEI05
Southeastern Iberian letter Be
SEI_e04
Southeastern Iberian letter Bi
SEI_e01
Southeastern Iberian letter Bo
SEI18
Southeastern Iberian letter Bu
SEI24
Southeastern Iberian letter Da/Ta
SEI_e03
Southeastern Iberian letter De/Te
SEI09
Southeastern Iberian letter Di/Ti
SEI04
Southeastern Iberian letter Du/Tu

Non-stop consonant signs

SEI15
Southeastern Iberian letter S
SEI22
Southeastern Iberian letter Ś
SEI_e05
Southeastern Iberian letter R
SEI21
Southeastern Iberian letter Ŕ
SEI14
Southeastern Iberian letter N
SEI12
Southeastern Iberian letter L

Epigraphy2

SEI_Epi01 SEI_Epi02

Bronze coin dating 150-100 BCE, depicting a Horseman and the word "ikalesken".
(English description and transliteration - here)

Script comparison1,3-6

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
Phoenician (Ancestor)
Abjad
                
12 c. BCE - 135 BCE
P01
Phoenician letter ʾālep
P02
Phoenician letter Bēt
P03
Phoenician letter Gīml
P04
Phoenician letter Dālet
P05
Phoenician letter He
P06
Phoenician letter Wāw
P07
Phoenician letter Zajin/Zayin
P08
Phoenician letter Hēt
P09
Phoenician letter Ṭēt
P10
Phoenician letter Yod
P11
Phoenician letter Kāp
P12
Phoenician letter Lāmed
P13
Phoenician letter Mēm
P14
Phoenician letter Nūn
P15
Phoenician letter Śāmek
P16
Phoenician letter ʿayin
P18
Phoenician letter Pē
P19
Phoenician letter Ṩādē
P20
Phoenician letter Qōp
P21
Phoenician letter Rēs/Resh
P22
Phoenician letter Šīn
P24
Phoenician letter Tāw
Southwestern Paleohispanic (Sibling)
Semi-syllabary
?7 c. BCE - 1 c. CE
SWP01
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter A
SWP01a
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter O
SWP02
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter P(e)
SWP03
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter K(a)
SWP03
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter T(u)
SWP05
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter P(a)
SWP06
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter U
SWP08
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter ?H (variant 1)
SWP08a
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter ?H (variant 2)
SWP09
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter T(i)
SWP10
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter I
SWP11
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter K(e)
SWP12
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter L
SWP13
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter M
SWP14
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter N
SWP15
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter S
SWP16
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter E
SWP18
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter P(o)
SWP20
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter K(i)
SWP21
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter R
SWP22
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter Ś
SWP24
Southwestern Paleohispanic letter T(a)
Southeastern Iberian
Semi-syllabary
4 c. BCE - 1 c. CE
SEI01
Southeastern Iberian letter A
SEI01a
Southeastern Iberian letter O
SEI02
Southeastern Iberian letter Ba
SEI03
Southeastern Iberian letter Ga/Ka
SEI04
Southeastern Iberian letter Du/Tu
SEI05
Southeastern Iberian letter Be
SEI06
Southeastern Iberian letter U
SEI09
Southeastern Iberian letter Di/Ti
SEI10
Southeastern Iberian letter I
SEI11
Southeastern Iberian letter Ge/Ke
SEI12
Southeastern Iberian letter L
SEI14
Southeastern Iberian letter N
SEI15
Southeastern Iberian letter S
SEI16
Southeastern Iberian letter E
SEI18
Southeastern Iberian letter Bu
SEI20
Southeastern Iberian letter Gi/Ki
SEI21
Southeastern Iberian letter Ŕ
SEI22
Southeastern Iberian letter Ś
SEI24
Southeastern Iberian letter Da/Ta

Lineage1,4,5,7,8


Egyptian Hieroglyphs
 ↳Hieratic Egyptian
  ↳Proto-Sinaitic
   ↳Phoenician
    ↳Hypothetical Original
     Paleohispanic script

     ↳Hypothetical Original
      Southern Paleohispanic script

      ↳Southwestern Paleohispanic
      ↳Southeastern Iberian
     ↳Hypothetical Original
      Northeastern Iberian script

      ↳Dual Northeastern Iberian

Iberian

Artwork featured on Cátedra Dama de Elche,
La Universidad Miguel Hernández (here)