Event · Byblos syllabary

George Mendenhall publishes The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos, reading an archaic West Semitic language

The American University of Beirut volume proposed 26 consonant and 63 consonant-vowel signs, dated the texts to about 2400 BC and translated eight of them; Garbini's 1988 review and most Semitists did not accept it.

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George E. Mendenhall

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Cites 2

Review of G. E. Mendenhall, The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos

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The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos

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The Byblos syllabary

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Mysteries Department. (2026). George Mendenhall publishes The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos, reading an archaic West Semitic language [Event EVT0DEDMKQYWFW4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDMKQYWFW4

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