General Description:
Phoenician is a direct descendent of the Proto-Sinaitic script. Like Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician is a “consonantal alphabet”, also known as “abjad”, and only contains letters representing consonants. Vowels are generally omitted in this phase of the writing system.
Books:
- Phoenician Language: Phoenician Alphabet, Phoenician Inscriptions, Punic Languages, Eshmun Temple, Sanchuniathon, Aleph, Shin, Pyrgi Tablets (2010)
- Harris, Z.S., A Grammar of the Phoenician Language (1936)
Online Resources:
- The Phoenician Alphabet
- Collon, D. Ancient Near Eastern Art. 1995, University of California Press.
- Ancient Scripts – Phoenician
- Omniglot – Phoenician
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