# The Byblos inscriptions record Sanskrit, written with signs whose values are those of the Brahmi letters they resemble.

> Still possible: The Byblos inscriptions record Sanskrit, written with signs whose values are those of the Brahmi letters they resemble.

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# The Byblos inscriptions record Sanskrit, written with signs whose values are those of the Brahmi letters they resemble.

The Byblos inscriptions record Sanskrit, written with signs whose values are those of the Brahmi letters they resemble.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Brahmi values read the Akhenaten-daughters seal as Sanskrit or as the Egyptian names.
- The morpheme boundaries found by sequence analysis correspond to Sanskrit inflections.

## What would rule it out

- The seal names do not come out under Brahmi values.
- Any secure date for the inscriptions earlier than the attestation of Brahmi, which every proposed date is.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Every proposed date for the Byblos inscriptions, from about 2400 to about 830 BC, is centuries earlier than the first…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/evidence/EVD0DEDV4KG6RGK/every-proposed-date-for-the-byblos-inscriptions-from-about)

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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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