Phoenician Aleph Published August 7, 2019 at 800 × 813 in Twelve Easy Lessons for Beginners | 8. Delineation Part 1: Signs Phoenician Aleph – Based on a hieroglyph of an ox’s head, this is the ancestor of letter ‘A’. Phoenician Aleph – Based on a hieroglyph of an ox’s head, this is the ancestor of letter ‘A’.