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Phoenician Ayin

Phoenician Ayin

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ancient-scripts

Construction note

A geometric impression of an archaic Phoenician letter.

About this symbol

Meaning
Ayin (sound “ʿ”), from a pictograph of an eye.
Culture / origin
Phoenicia (Levant)
Era
From c. 1050 BCE
Historical context
The 22-letter Phoenician abjad spread by sea trade and became the ancestor of the Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Arabic scripts.

Public-domain ancient script.

Tags

phoenicianalphabetsemiticancient

SVG source

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