# The Byblos inscriptions record Phoenician or a closely related Canaanite dialect.

> Still possible: The Byblos inscriptions record Phoenician or a closely related Canaanite dialect.

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# The Byblos inscriptions record Phoenician or a closely related Canaanite dialect.

The Byblos inscriptions record Phoenician or a closely related Canaanite dialect.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The recurring morphemes found by sequence analysis correspond to Phoenician affixes and particles such as the prefixed b- and l- and the suffixed -t.
- A value set derived from the Akhenaten-daughters seal reads tablet c as Phoenician in Dhorme's date formula.
- If the inscriptions are ninth-century, the Phoenician of the Ahiram and Yehimilk inscriptions should be recoverable with one consistent sign list.

## What would rule it out

- Externally anchored sound values give sequences that are not possible Phoenician words.
- The morpheme structure found without sound values shows suffixing or vowel patterns incompatible with Canaanite.
- A secure Early or Middle Bronze Age date for the tablets, which predates Phoenician as a distinct language.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The inscriptions share word dividers, framing and some sign forms with ninth-century Byblian Phoenician inscriptions…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDTKCJPF5X/the-inscriptions-share-word-dividers-framing-and-some-sign)

Suggestive

FOR

[Dhorme's values for about 75 signs did not yield coherent Phoenician texts beyond the starting formula, and no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDTK1261EK/dhormes-values-for-about-75-signs-did-not-yield-coherent)

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## The questions it answers

[What language do the Byblos pseudo-hieroglyphic inscriptions record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQPQYVGBW/what-language-do-the-byblos-pseudo-hieroglyphic-inscriptions)

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