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    2022-11-22

    First complete sentence in Proto-Canaanite

     The oldest complete sentence in Proto-Canaanite includes 7 words and is an invocation to the gods on an ivory comb for removing lice unearthed at the Lachish site.

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Antiche scritture del Mediterraneo
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