This page groups individual letters by the alphabet each one belongs to. Wikipedia notes that "the Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters," a fixed and closed set that other alphabets used in divination and mysticism each match with their own fixed count. Browsing by alphabet lets a visitor find every letter from the same alphabet.
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What Defines This GroupingThe thirty signs of the Ugaritic cuneiform alphabet in their attested abecedary order, including the three signs that mark the glottal stop against a, i and u, and the extra sign found at the tail of the longer abecedary tablets. 2 Size of the Traditional Set Origins
Origin PeriodFourteenth to early twelfth century BCE, attested only in tablets from Ras Shamra. 2 Ugaritic
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Baal, Deities This source names Baal directly: "The tablets they were used to write include the Baal Cycle, the tale of Aqhat and the tale of Kirta, the fullest surviving Canaanite mythological literature."
Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
This source names Canaanites directly: "Ugaritic Letters are the thirty cuneiform signs of the alphabet used to write the Northwest Semitic language of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, from roughly the fourteenth century BCE until the city's..."
Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
This source names Phoenicians directly: "Ugaritic Letters are the thirty cuneiform signs of the alphabet used to write the Northwest Semitic language of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, from roughly the fourteenth century BCE until the city's..."
Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
Ugarit, Cities This source names Ugarit directly: "Ugaritic Letters are the thirty cuneiform signs of the alphabet used to write the Northwest Semitic language of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, from roughly the fourteenth century BCE until the city's..."
Source The World's Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels and William Bright (eds.)
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The World's Writing Systems
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