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<BR>We are trying to trace the Phoenician aleph to the Cretan cuneiform sign 37. 
<BR>The Cretan sign 37 is equated to "bull's horns".
<BR>Schematically we can trace the following evolution:
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<TD bgcolor="white">cretan</TD><TD bgcolor="white">linear A</TD><TD bgcolor="white">cypro</TD><TD bgcolor="white">phoenician</TD>
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<TD bgcolor="white">hieroglyph</TD><TD bgcolor="white"></TD><TD bgcolor="white">minoan</TD><TD bgcolor="white">aleph</TD>
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