# Bronze tablet d (Dunand inscription d)

> 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…

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**ART** 0DEDN81KX7EH·Artifact · inscribed object

# Bronze tablet d (Dunand inscription d)

Inscribed objectnot statedDisputed: c. 1900-1600 BC (Dunand) to c. 900-830 BC (Sass)

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://center-for-decipherment.ch/tool/#script=byblos).

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 inscriptions** GEAS (M. Mäder and contributors) · center-for-decipherment.ch · not statedPrimary source: [Detecting word boundaries in an undeciphered script: The Byblos syllabary](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGFCJ9NS7/detecting-word-boundaries-in-an-undeciphered-script-the)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://center-for-decipherment.ch/tool/#script=byblos)

## Where it is kept

[National Museum of Beirut](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDHN53SJ8V/national-museum-of-beirut) · Museum

## Sources 3

- [Byblia Grammata: Documents et recherches sur le développement de l'écriture en Phénicie](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDF2YQM7E3/byblia-grammata-documents-et-recherches-sur-le-developpement)_SRC_
- [Detecting word boundaries in an undeciphered script: The Byblos syllabary](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGFCJ9NS7/detecting-word-boundaries-in-an-undeciphered-script-the)_SRC_
- [The Byblos Script](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGEMHG9CB/the-byblos-script)_SRC_

## Cite it

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

**ART** 0DEDN81KX7EH

Kind

Inscribed object

Held by

Directorate General of Antiquities, Lebanon (National Museum of Beirut)

Dated

disputed: c. 1900-1600 BC (Dunand) to c. 900-830 BC (Sass)

Licence

not stated

Place

[National Museum of Beirut](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDHN53SJ8V/national-museum-of-beirut)

Part of

[Byblos syllabary](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary)

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