Phoenician script

abjad found in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions across the Mediterranean from the 11th–2nd centuries BCE
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Phoenician script

Summary

Phoenician script is an abjad[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of abjad entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,160 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phoenician script is in the country of Phoenicia[3].
  • Phoenician script's image is recorded as Gezer calendar close up.jpg[4].
  • Phoenician script's instance of is recorded as abjad[5].
  • Phoenician script's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[6].
  • Phoenician script's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[7].
  • Phoenician script's instance of is recorded as Semitic alphabet[8].
  • Phoenician script's based on is recorded as Proto-Sinaitic[9].
  • Phoenician script's location is recorded as Directorate General of Antiquities[10].
  • Phoenician script's Commons category is recorded as Phoenician script[11].
  • Phoenician script's language of work or name is recorded as Canaanite[12].
  • Phoenician script's language of work or name is recorded as Philistine[13].
  • Phoenician script's language of work or name is recorded as Phoenician[14].
  • Phoenician script's language of work or name is recorded as Punic[15].
  • Phoenician script's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Phnx[16].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤀[17].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤁[18].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤂[19].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤃[20].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤄[21].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤅[22].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤆[23].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤇[24].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤈[25].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤉[26].
  • Phoenician script's has part is recorded as 𐤊[27].

Why It Matters

Phoenician script ranks in the top 10% of abjad entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,160 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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