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Pygmalion

In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a legendary Phoenician figure of Cyprus. He’s most familiar from Ovid’s narrative poem Metamorphoses, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he’d carved. And in a VERY adult & VERY spicy way! You’ll see!

In book 10 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory alabaster. Post-classical sources name the statue Galatea. According to Ovid, when Pygmalion saw the Propoetides of Cyrus practicing prostitution, he began “detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to woman.”

He determined to remain celibate & to occupy his time with sculpting. He made a sculpture of a woman that he found so perfect he fell in love with it. Pygmalion kissed & fondled the sculpture, brought it various gifts, & created a luxurious bed for it.

In time, Aphrodite’s festival day came & Pygmalion made offerings at the altar of Aphrodite. There, too afraid to admit his desire, he quickly wished for a bride who would be “the living likeness of my ivory girl.” When he returned home, he kissed his ivory statue, & found that its lips felt warm.

He kissed it again, & found that the ivory had lost its hardness. Aphrodite had granted Pygmalion’s wish. Pygmalion married the ivory sculpture, which came to life under Aphrodite’s blessing. In Ovid’s narrative, they had a daughter, Paphos, from whom is derived the name of the city.

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History doesn't get a second chance. 💜

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/06/israel-orders-evacuation-of-tyre.html

#Tyre #Lebanon #Sour #Phoenician #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #MiddleEast #Ceasefire #CulturalHeritage #SaveTyre #BreakingNews

History doesn't get a second chance. 💜

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/06/israel-orders-evacuation-of-tyre.html

#Tyre #Lebanon #Sour #Phoenician #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #MiddleEast #Ceasefire #CulturalHeritage #SaveTyre #BreakingNews

History doesn't get a second chance. 💜

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/06/israel-orders-evacuation-of-tyre.html

#Tyre #Lebanon #Sour #Phoenician #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #MiddleEast #Ceasefire #CulturalHeritage #SaveTyre #BreakingNews

Phoenician colony of Gadir (now Cadiz, Spain)

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1908215/phoenician-colony-of-gadir-now-cadiz-spain

Phoenician colony of Gadir (now Cadiz, Spain)

Phoenician colony of Gadir (now Cadiz, Spain)

Phoenician colony of Gadir (now Cadiz, Spain)

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1908215/phoenician-colony-of-gadir-now-cadiz-spain

Carthaginian coin with a crayfish, Sicily, Italy, ~3rd century BCE?

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1895184/carthaginian-coin-with-a-crayfish-sicily-italy-3rd-century-bce

Carthaginian coin with a crayfish, Sicily, Italy, ~3rd century BCE?

Carthaginian coin with a crayfish, Sicily, Italy, ~3rd century BCE?

Carthaginian coin with a crayfish, Sicily, Italy, ~3rd century BCE?

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1895184/carthaginian-coin-with-a-crayfish-sicily-italy-3rd-century-bce

Overview of the city of Carthage during the Punic Wars, Tunisia

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1883596/overview-of-the-city-of-carthage-during-the-punic-wars-tunisia

Overview of the city of Carthage during the Punic Wars, Tunisia

Overview of the city of Carthage during the Punic Wars, Tunisia

Overview of the city of Carthage during the Punic Wars, Tunisia

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1883596/overview-of-the-city-of-carthage-during-the-punic-wars-tunisia

Hey, I reconstructed some #Aramaic letter names! Going back to around 500 BCE, I guess. The similarity to #Greek is usually explained via #Phoenician, but we don't actually have any Phoenician letter names AFAIK.

Hey, I reconstructed some #Aramaic letter names! Going back to around 500 BCE, I guess. The similarity to #Greek is usually explained via #Phoenician, but we don't actually have any Phoenician letter names AFAIK.

Hey, I reconstructed some #Aramaic letter names! Going back to around 500 BCE, I guess. The similarity to #Greek is usually explained via #Phoenician, but we don't actually have any Phoenician letter names AFAIK.

Hey, I reconstructed some #Aramaic letter names! Going back to around 500 BCE, I guess. The similarity to #Greek is usually explained via #Phoenician, but we don't actually have any Phoenician letter names AFAIK.

#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"Phoeniciae linguae vestigiorum in Melitensi Specimen I." by Johann Joachim Bellermann

[Berolini: Maurer, 1809]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/99363

#maltese #phoenician

Nazis will not stop making it about "Earth Angel energy" #earthangel #earthangelenergy
#nazïsm

I'm a Demon from Saturn mmmkay... Earth has no native Angels mmmkay... most Angels came from Venus mmmmkay. #saturnalia #phoenician #venusian #saturnian #hexagonian #fury #valkyrie #ofthelilim

Time for #Phoenician #boat building tradition

https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-the-shipwrights-of-arwad-weathered-syrias-war/

Time for #Phoenician #boat building tradition

https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-the-shipwrights-of-arwad-weathered-syrias-war/

Time for #Phoenician #boat building tradition

https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-the-shipwrights-of-arwad-weathered-syrias-war/

Even though the Nazis forbid it... we talk. #zeta #alphadraconian #dagon #phoenician #magnafrisia

Even though the Nazis forbid it... we talk. #zeta #alphadraconian #dagon #phoenician #magnafrisia

Don't get me wrong, we have original Zeta in Leeuwarden who were sick and tired of it themselves and chose a life of poverty with loss of technology... they're in the same boat.
The Zeta did it with their own technology on their person which forms a network. The technology works for one soul only. They have to secure cloning, inherit their own technology to remain in control.
#magnafrisia #zetagrey #zetareticuli #alphadraconian #phoenician #dagon

Don't get me wrong, we have original Zeta in Leeuwarden who were sick and tired of it themselves and chose a life of poverty with loss of technology... they're in the same boat.
The Zeta did it with their own technology on their person which forms a network. The technology works for one soul only. They have to secure cloning, inherit their own technology to remain in control.
#magnafrisia #zetagrey #zetareticuli #alphadraconian #phoenician #dagon

Don't get me wrong, we have original Zeta in Leeuwarden who were sick and tired of it themselves and chose a life of poverty with loss of technology... they're in the same boat.
The Zeta did it with their own technology on their person which forms a network. The technology works for one soul only. They have to secure cloning, inherit their own technology to remain in control.
#magnafrisia #zetagrey #zetareticuli #alphadraconian #phoenician #dagon

Phoenician oil bottles reveal the role of scent in identity and cultural exchange across the Mediterranean

Archaeologists routinely uncover pottery, coins, and bones, but the scents of the past are much more elusive. An innovative interdisciplinary study has now traced fragrances that were once at the heart of Phoenician culture...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/phoenician-oil-bottles-reveal-cultural-exchange/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #phoenician #phoenicia #ironage

Phoenician oil bottles reveal the role of scent in identity and cultural exchange across the Mediterranean

Archaeologists routinely uncover pottery, coins, and bones, but the scents of the past are much more elusive. An innovative interdisciplinary study has now traced fragrances that were once at the heart of Phoenician culture...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/phoenician-oil-bottles-reveal-cultural-exchange/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #phoenician #phoenicia #ironage

Phoenician oil bottles reveal the role of scent in identity and cultural exchange across the Mediterranean

Archaeologists routinely uncover pottery, coins, and bones, but the scents of the past are much more elusive. An innovative interdisciplinary study has now traced fragrances that were once at the heart of Phoenician culture...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/phoenician-oil-bottles-reveal-cultural-exchange/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #phoenician #phoenicia #ironage

Phoenician oil bottles reveal the role of scent in identity and cultural exchange across the Mediterranean

Archaeologists routinely uncover pottery, coins, and bones, but the scents of the past are much more elusive. An innovative interdisciplinary study has now traced fragrances that were once at the heart of Phoenician culture...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/phoenician-oil-bottles-reveal-cultural-exchange/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #phoenician #phoenicia #ironage

Funfact; The Phoenicians are the Angels..
The Baals and the Molochs all precious little Angels they are... The Draconians also had Angels called Draigons, those would be the Demons and they are the original soulmates #andromedanwars #bethuneretro #phoenician #draconian

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 ‘𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲’ 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱
Archaeologists unlock the secrets of ancient Phoenician oil bottles from Sicily, revealing how aromatic oils carried "scents of home" across the Mediterranean and shaped cultural identity during Iron Age migrations.
#ancienthistory #phoenician #ancientorigins
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/phoenician-oil-bottles-0022382

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 Roman concrete is famed for its durability, but new evidence has revealed Phoenicians pioneered hydraulic lime plaster technology around 725 BC, using innovative ceramic recycling centuries before Romans.
#romans #AncientOrigins #ancientrome #ancienthistory #ancienttechnology #phoenician

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/phoenician-hydraulic-plaster-0022322

Iron Age builders at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon, used recycled ceramics in hydraulic mortar, new study reveals

Archaeologists working at the Phoenician site of Tell el-Burak in Lebanon have uncovered an intriguing discovery that sheds new light on Iron Age construction technology. In a Scientific Reports paper, researchers describe the first known use of hydraulic lime plaster in the Phoenician lands...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/ceramics-in-hydraulic-mortar-at-tell-el-burak/

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#archaeology #phoenician #ironage

Iron Age builders at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon, used recycled ceramics in hydraulic mortar, new study reveals

Archaeologists working at the Phoenician site of Tell el-Burak in Lebanon have uncovered an intriguing discovery that sheds new light on Iron Age construction technology. In a Scientific Reports paper, researchers describe the first known use of hydraulic lime plaster in the Phoenician lands...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/ceramics-in-hydraulic-mortar-at-tell-el-burak/

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#archaeology #phoenician #ironage

Iron Age builders at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon, used recycled ceramics in hydraulic mortar, new study reveals

Archaeologists working at the Phoenician site of Tell el-Burak in Lebanon have uncovered an intriguing discovery that sheds new light on Iron Age construction technology. In a Scientific Reports paper, researchers describe the first known use of hydraulic lime plaster in the Phoenician lands...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/ceramics-in-hydraulic-mortar-at-tell-el-burak/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #phoenician #ironage

Iron Age builders at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon, used recycled ceramics in hydraulic mortar, new study reveals

Archaeologists working at the Phoenician site of Tell el-Burak in Lebanon have uncovered an intriguing discovery that sheds new light on Iron Age construction technology. In a Scientific Reports paper, researchers describe the first known use of hydraulic lime plaster in the Phoenician lands...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/ceramics-in-hydraulic-mortar-at-tell-el-burak/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #phoenician #ironage

New publications and podcast

Busy year for publications (think that’s it for me this year):

Semitic *ʾilāh- and Hebrew אלהים‎: From plural ‘gods’ to singular ‘God’ (Open Access)

Abstract: The Biblical Hebrew word אלהים‎ is plural in form. Semantically and syntactically, however, it can be plural or singular. The stem of this noun can be reconstructed as * ʾilāh-. As already noted by Wellhausen, this looks like a broken plural of *ʾil-, the Proto-Semitic word for ‘god’. This article takes Wellhausen’s observation and uses it to explain the plural morphology of Hebrew אלהים‎. I argue that *ʾilāh- should be reconstructed with redundant plural suffixes in some parts of the paradigm. This reconstructed paradigm is preserved virtually unchanged in Archaic Biblical Hebrew. The reconstructed paradigm also explains the almost complete replacement of *ʾil- by *ʾilāh- in Aramaic and Arabic and allows us to reassess the reasons for the association between the lexeme ‘god’ and plural number. Consequently, earlier suggestions that see אלהים‎’s plural number as a reflection of pre-Yahwistic polytheism or as a marker of abstractness are no longer tenable.

The varying size of the Sodom coalition in Genesis 14 (in FS Tigchelaar; email me for a PDF)

Trying my hardest to find something that might interest newly retired KU Leuven professor Eibert Tigchelaar, I used some Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature as well as other textual and linguistic evidence to seek for order in the number of kings on Sodom’s side in Gen 14. Turns out that this closely aligns with other indications of different layers in this fascinating chapter: one about a local raid, one that may be a reworking of a lost epic, and a third one building on the combination of the first two. If you understand Dutch (or want to practice!), also check out this brand new episode of Timo Epping’s Oudheid, all about this question.

#AncientSouthArabian #Arabic #Aramaic #Bible #Canaanite #GeEz #Genesis #Hebrew #Hosea #linguistics #news #Phoenician #ProtoSemitic

New publications and podcast

Busy year for publications (think that’s it for me this year):

Semitic *ʾilāh- and Hebrew אלהים‎: From plural ‘gods’ to singular ‘God’ (Open Access)

Abstract: The Biblical Hebrew word אלהים‎ is plural in form. Semantically and syntactically, however, it can be plural or singular. The stem of this noun can be reconstructed as * ʾilāh-. As already noted by Wellhausen, this looks like a broken plural of *ʾil-, the Proto-Semitic word for ‘god’. This article takes Wellhausen’s observation and uses it to explain the plural morphology of Hebrew אלהים‎. I argue that *ʾilāh- should be reconstructed with redundant plural suffixes in some parts of the paradigm. This reconstructed paradigm is preserved virtually unchanged in Archaic Biblical Hebrew. The reconstructed paradigm also explains the almost complete replacement of *ʾil- by *ʾilāh- in Aramaic and Arabic and allows us to reassess the reasons for the association between the lexeme ‘god’ and plural number. Consequently, earlier suggestions that see אלהים‎’s plural number as a reflection of pre-Yahwistic polytheism or as a marker of abstractness are no longer tenable.

The varying size of the Sodom coalition in Genesis 14 (in FS Tigchelaar; email me for a PDF)

Trying my hardest to find something that might interest newly retired KU Leuven professor Eibert Tigchelaar, I used some Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature as well as other textual and linguistic evidence to seek for order in the number of kings on Sodom’s side in Gen 14. Turns out that this closely aligns with other indications of different layers in this fascinating chapter: one about a local raid, one that may be a reworking of a lost epic, and a third one building on the combination of the first two. If you understand Dutch (or want to practice!), also check out this brand new episode of Timo Epping’s Oudheid, all about this question.

#AncientSouthArabian #Arabic #Aramaic #Bible #Canaanite #GeEz #Genesis #Hebrew #Hosea #linguistics #news #Phoenician #ProtoSemitic

New publications and podcast

Busy year for publications (think that’s it for me this year):

Semitic *ʾilāh- and Hebrew אלהים‎: From plural ‘gods’ to singular ‘God’ (Open Access)

Abstract: The Biblical Hebrew word אלהים‎ is plural in form. Semantically and syntactically, however, it can be plural or singular. The stem of this noun can be reconstructed as * ʾilāh-. As already noted by Wellhausen, this looks like a broken plural of *ʾil-, the Proto-Semitic word for ‘god’. This article takes Wellhausen’s observation and uses it to explain the plural morphology of Hebrew אלהים‎. I argue that *ʾilāh- should be reconstructed with redundant plural suffixes in some parts of the paradigm. This reconstructed paradigm is preserved virtually unchanged in Archaic Biblical Hebrew. The reconstructed paradigm also explains the almost complete replacement of *ʾil- by *ʾilāh- in Aramaic and Arabic and allows us to reassess the reasons for the association between the lexeme ‘god’ and plural number. Consequently, earlier suggestions that see אלהים‎’s plural number as a reflection of pre-Yahwistic polytheism or as a marker of abstractness are no longer tenable.

The varying size of the Sodom coalition in Genesis 14 (in FS Tigchelaar; email me for a PDF)

Trying my hardest to find something that might interest newly retired KU Leuven professor Eibert Tigchelaar, I used some Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature as well as other textual and linguistic evidence to seek for order in the number of kings on Sodom’s side in Gen 14. Turns out that this closely aligns with other indications of different layers in this fascinating chapter: one about a local raid, one that may be a reworking of a lost epic, and a third one building on the combination of the first two. If you understand Dutch (or want to practice!), also check out this brand new episode of Timo Epping’s Oudheid, all about this question.

#AncientSouthArabian #Arabic #Aramaic #Bible #Canaanite #GeEz #Genesis #Hebrew #Hosea #linguistics #news #Phoenician #ProtoSemitic

New publications and podcast

Busy year for publications (think that’s it for me this year):

Semitic *ʾilāh- and Hebrew אלהים‎: From plural ‘gods’ to singular ‘God’ (Open Access)

Abstract: The Biblical Hebrew word אלהים‎ is plural in form. Semantically and syntactically, however, it can be plural or singular. The stem of this noun can be reconstructed as * ʾilāh-. As already noted by Wellhausen, this looks like a broken plural of *ʾil-, the Proto-Semitic word for ‘god’. This article takes Wellhausen’s observation and uses it to explain the plural morphology of Hebrew אלהים‎. I argue that *ʾilāh- should be reconstructed with redundant plural suffixes in some parts of the paradigm. This reconstructed paradigm is preserved virtually unchanged in Archaic Biblical Hebrew. The reconstructed paradigm also explains the almost complete replacement of *ʾil- by *ʾilāh- in Aramaic and Arabic and allows us to reassess the reasons for the association between the lexeme ‘god’ and plural number. Consequently, earlier suggestions that see אלהים‎’s plural number as a reflection of pre-Yahwistic polytheism or as a marker of abstractness are no longer tenable.

The varying size of the Sodom coalition in Genesis 14 (in FS Tigchelaar; email me for a PDF)

Trying my hardest to find something that might interest newly retired KU Leuven professor Eibert Tigchelaar, I used some Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature as well as other textual and linguistic evidence to seek for order in the number of kings on Sodom’s side in Gen 14. Turns out that this closely aligns with other indications of different layers in this fascinating chapter: one about a local raid, one that may be a reworking of a lost epic, and a third one building on the combination of the first two. If you understand Dutch (or want to practice!), also check out this brand new episode of Timo Epping’s Oudheid, all about this question.

#AncientSouthArabian #Arabic #Aramaic #Bible #Canaanite #GeEz #Genesis #Hebrew #Hosea #linguistics #news #Phoenician #ProtoSemitic

#Phoenician #Sarcophagi Texts

#Phoenicia #AncientLevant #AncientNearEast #Coffins #Canaanites #Phoenicians #Sidon #Byblos
https://sapiru.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/phoenician-sarcophagi-texts/

I saw the Phoenician film . It's fun and silly.

#Phoenician

I saw the Phoenician film . It's fun and silly.

#Phoenician

:youtube: **Runes are not from Phoenician letters**

Jackson Crawford

#Video length: fifteen minutes and twenty-four seconds.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NP3a4w5Pv8

#Runes #Phoenician #Letters #Linguistics @linguistics

:youtube: **Runes are not from Phoenician letters**

Jackson Crawford

#Video length: fifteen minutes and twenty-four seconds.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NP3a4w5Pv8

#Runes #Phoenician #Letters #Linguistics @linguistics

:youtube: **Runes are not from Phoenician letters**

Jackson Crawford

#Video length: fifteen minutes and twenty-four seconds.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NP3a4w5Pv8

#Runes #Phoenician #Letters #Linguistics @linguistics

#DNA analyses uncover #Phoenician culture’s multi-ethnic roots and assimilation of diverse local populations: http://archive.today/2025.04.23-174625/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01283-w #science #genetics #archaeology #archeology #history #punic #carthage

#DNA analyses uncover #Phoenician culture’s multi-ethnic roots and assimilation of diverse local populations: http://archive.today/2025.04.23-174625/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01283-w #science #genetics #archaeology #archeology #history #punic #carthage

#DNA analyses uncover #Phoenician culture’s multi-ethnic roots and assimilation of diverse local populations: http://archive.today/2025.04.23-174625/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01283-w #science #genetics #archaeology #archeology #history #punic #carthage

#DNA analyses uncover #Phoenician culture’s multi-ethnic roots and assimilation of diverse local populations: http://archive.today/2025.04.23-174625/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01283-w #science #genetics #archaeology #archeology #history #punic #carthage

The #Phoenician presence in the #Aegean during the Early Iron Age: trade, settlement and cultural interaction
https://www.academia.edu/43224511/_The_Phoenician_presence_in_the_Aegean_during_the_Early_Iron_Age_trade_settlement_and_cultural_interaction_Rivista_di_Studi_Fenici_46_2018_43_88

elementary course would be my choice :) but I fear I would have no chance to get a spot cause of my no longer active academic background #phoenician #punic #ancient #language

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/03/07/phoenician-and-punic-language-training/

Two indications that the #Greek letter names are younger than the Greek alphabet itself: 1. The sibilant signs were borrowed when #Phoenician 𐤎 was still an affricate /ts/ (> Ξ /ks/) and 𐤔 was /s/ (> Σ /s/). Names borrowed when /s/ was 𐤎 *simk? > sigma and 𐤔 (*šīn?) had shifted to /š/.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qbe3b7ljafblsyy4dhkkgj7t/post/3lgkv4pb3hc25

Two indications that the #Greek letter names are younger than the Greek alphabet itself: 1. The sibilant signs were borrowed when #Phoenician 𐤎 was still an affricate /ts/ (> Ξ /ks/) and 𐤔 was /s/ (> Σ /s/). Names borrowed when /s/ was 𐤎 *simk? > sigma and 𐤔 (*šīn?) had shifted to /š/.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qbe3b7ljafblsyy4dhkkgj7t/post/3lgkv4pb3hc25

Two indications that the #Greek letter names are younger than the Greek alphabet itself: 1. The sibilant signs were borrowed when #Phoenician 𐤎 was still an affricate /ts/ (> Ξ /ks/) and 𐤔 was /s/ (> Σ /s/). Names borrowed when /s/ was 𐤎 *simk? > sigma and 𐤔 (*šīn?) had shifted to /š/.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qbe3b7ljafblsyy4dhkkgj7t/post/3lgkv4pb3hc25