Early History of the Alphabet: An Introduction to West Semitic Epigraphy and Palaeography is unavailable, but you can change that!
Alphabetic writing is one of the principal features of Western culture. Our knowledge of the early history, development and spread of the alphabet is constantly changing. In this introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and paleography, Joseph Naveh outlines the history and current developments in the field, using evidence available to date.
pura, peru, etc.; the pictograph for “mouth” could be read ra, re, ri, ru or r.