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ART0DEDN81KX7EH·Artifact · inscribed object

Bronze tablet d (Dunand inscription d)

Inscribed objectnot statedDisputed: c. 1900-1600 BC (Dunand) to c. 900-830 BC (Sass)
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

The largest Byblos text: a bronze plate about 21 by 12 cm inscribed on both faces with about 457 to 461 signs punched with chisels, using 65 distinct signs plus three doubtful ones. It carries almost half of the entire corpus and is the main basis of every decipherment claim.

GEAS (M. Mäder and contributors), 1900. not stated

Copies 1

Unicode transcription in the geas online corpus of byblos inscriptionsGEAS (M. Mäder and contributors) · center-for-decipherment.ch · not statedPrimary source: Detecting word boundaries in an undeciphered script: The Byblos syllabary1 step from the original

Where it is kept

DamascusNicosiaHaifaHomsIrbidṬarābulusDayr az Zawr1National Museum of Beirut200 kmAmmanNicosiaAleppoHaifa1200 km

Sources 3

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Bronze tablet d (Dunand inscription d) [Artifact ART0DEDN81KX7EH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDN81KX7EH
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