Evidence · Byblos syllabary

Dunand's excavation context and the hieratic character of the signs led him to a nineteenth to eighteenth century BC…

Dunand's excavation context and the hieratic character of the signs led him to a nineteenth to eighteenth century BC date, which Posener's nineteenth-century terminus and the handbooks follow.

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What it means

Key questionWhen were the Byblos inscriptions written?

3 answers, none ahead yet

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Answer this evidence bears onMiddle Bronze Age, c. 1900-1600 BC (Dunand)

Supports1 for, 1 against

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Next steps 1

Read Sass 2019 in full and tabulate, object by object, what Dunand recorded of each find context in Byblia Grammata and the 1978 note, to see which if any has a usable stratigraphic association.

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On: When were the Byblos inscriptions written?

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Sources 3

Byblos (Pseudo-hieroglyphic) - Mnamon: Ancient Writing Systems in the Mediterranean

Merlo 2022

SRC

Nouvelles inscriptions pseudo-hiéroglyphiques découvertes à Byblos

Dunand 1978

SRC

The Byblos Script

Vita 2018

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Dunand's excavation context and the hieratic character of the signs led him to a nineteenth to eighteenth century BC… [Evidence EVD0DEDVKMSHWNN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVKMSHWNN

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  title     = {Dunand's excavation context and the hieratic character of the signs led him to a nineteenth to eighteenth century BC…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDVKMSHWNN},
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