Evidence · Byblos syllabary

None of the 13 to 16 inscribed objects has a secure stratigraphic context, so the Middle Bronze Age date rests on…

None of the 13 to 16 inscribed objects has a secure stratigraphic context, so the Middle Bronze Age date rests on Dunand's judgment rather than on recorded stratigraphy.

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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)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

Still possibleunchanged

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.

~6 h

On: When were the Byblos inscriptions written?

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Sources 1

The Pseudo-Hieroglyphic Inscriptions from Byblos, Their Elusive Dating, and Their Affinities with the Early Phoenician Inscriptions

Sass 2019

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). None of the 13 to 16 inscribed objects has a secure stratigraphic context, so the Middle Bronze Age date rests on… [Evidence EVD0DEDVKZNT733]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVKZNT733

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  title     = {None of the 13 to 16 inscribed objects has a secure stratigraphic context, so the Middle Bronze Age date rests on…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDVKZNT733},
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