# The inscribed bronze spatulas (Dunand inscriptions b, e, f, i)

> Four flat triangular bronze blades about 5 by 9 cm with stem handles, inscribed on one or both faces with 17 to 84 signs; b and i use vertical strokes as…

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# The inscribed bronze spatulas (Dunand inscriptions b, e, f, i)

Inscribed objectDisputed; the Azarba'al palimpsest is overwritten in 10th-century BC Phoenician

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Four flat triangular bronze blades about 5 by 9 cm with stem handles, inscribed on one or both faces with 17 to 84 signs; b and i use vertical strokes as word dividers, the back of f is the only text running left to right, and Dunand took them for labels on votive gifts. A further spatula carries Byblos signs under a Phoenician inscription of Azarba'al, which gives the script a lower date bound.

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## 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_
- [Decifrazione e origine della scrittura 'pseudo-geroglifica' di Biblo](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGECZZS19/decifrazione-e-origine-della-scrittura-pseudo-geroglifica-di)_SRC_
- [The Pseudo-Hieroglyphic Inscriptions from Byblos, Their Elusive Dating, and Their Affinities with the Early Phoenician Inscriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGEWRK5S4/the-pseudo-hieroglyphic-inscriptions-from-byblos-their)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscribed bronze spatulas (Dunand inscriptions b, e, f, i) [Artifact ART0DEDN8TSTWE2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDN8TSTWE2
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**ART** 0DEDN8TSTWE2

Kind

Inscribed object

Held by

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

Dated

disputed; the Azarba'al palimpsest is overwritten in 10th-century BC Phoenician

Place

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

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

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