International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer company · leaf 20
assist the student in locating the origin of the Samaritan 6 ELEMENTS OF LETTERING. SI alphabet, which is so made up of others tjiat little or noreference is usually made in regard to its origin, bearing as itdoes so close a resemblance to the primitive Hebrew. Theonly examples of the earliest… … Fl(i. 1. Moabite Stone, 9th centur}^ B. C.; and the Siloam Inscription,7th century B. C. This period closes with the captivity of theremaining two tribes in Babylon 588 B. C. 8. The Phenlciaii Alphabet.—The Phenician, as previ-ously stated, is the source of our phonetic alphabet; and theascendency…
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