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L : Ibid. F. M. Cross, "The Evolution of the Proto-Canaanite Alphabet," BASOR 134 (1954): 18-19.

In Minoan and Mycenaean lands writing eventually became one principal and distinctive feature of the palaces," ibid. 3 In Palestine, the spoken language developed in such a way that it would have been difficult to write with the existing complicated scripts. C. 2 The language of the peasant could be the local dialects of Palestine. 3 J. Blau, "Some Difficulties in the Reconstruction of 'Proto-Hebrew and 'Proto-Canaanite,'" 36. For instance the well-known Canaanite sound a > o did not reach Ugarit; Ziony Zevit, Matres Lectionis in Ancient Hebrew Epigraphs.

The last part concerns the hypothetical solution for the transmission of the alphabet to the Greeks. A new thesis as a tentative explanation for this process also is presented. At the end of this paper, diagrams of Greek, Latin, and Anatolian alphabets are displayed to ilustrate the widespread use of the alphabet. Instrumentation A paleographic study of the alphabet is necessary to understand the variations suffered by it. The material analysed in this study are those mentioned in the catalogue of inscriptions in chapter three.

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