# 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…

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# 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.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[When were the Byblos inscriptions written?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQ0JG3EE/when-were-the-byblos-inscriptions-written)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Middle Bronze Age, c. 1900-1600 BC (Dunand)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/answers/ANS0DEDT09DQ846/middle-bronze-age-c-1900-1600-bc-dunand)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Next steps 1

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?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQ0JG3EE/when-were-the-byblos-inscriptions-written)

**—** not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 1

[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)

Sass 2019

SRC

## Cite it

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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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Key

**EVD** 0DEDVKZNT733

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Evidence

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Suggestive

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/sessions/SES0DEDWWFFGTGW/session-1-the-byblos-syllabary-seeded-corpus-readings-and) · 31 Oct 2026

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