The Sinai carved graffiti of Sirabit al-KhAdim (AKA the Proto-Sinaitic
inscriptions of Sinai) are the work of MINERS not nomads!
Most of the thirty or so votive inscriptions have been found among much more
numerous hieratic and hieroglyphic inscriptions, scratched on rocks near and in
the turquoise mines and along the roads leading to the temple of the Egyptian
goddess Hathor (?wt-?r).
Egyptologist Orly Goldwasser believes the script was most likely invented
during the reign of pharaoh Amenemhet III of the Twelfth Dynasty (See : a b c
d e f Goldwasser, Orly (Mar/Apr 2010). "How the Alphabet Was Born from
Hieroglyphs". Biblical Archaeology Review(Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology
Society) 36 (1).
Ishinan Ishibashi
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