Abecedary
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The Fayum alphabet is a Greco-Phoenician abecedary shown on four copper tablets discovered in Fayum, Egypt. The tablets are dated to around 800 BC and represent the earliest known link between Greek letter forms and their Phoenician (or North Semitic) parent forms. Since the tablets predate the Dipylon inscription, the Fayum alphabet currently depicts the earliest manifestation of the Greek alphabet.
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