Evidence · Byblos syllabary

Hoch finds the closest Egyptian parallels for the Byblos sign forms in Old Kingdom characters of about 2700 to 2200 BC.

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What it means

Key questionWhen were the Byblos inscriptions written?

3 answers, none ahead yet

Openunchanged

Answer this evidence bears onEarly Bronze Age, c. 2400 BC or earlier (Mendenhall, Hoch)

Supports1 for, none against

Still possiblewas No evidence yet

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

Sources 2

The Byblos Syllabary: Bridging the Gap Between Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Semitic Alphabets

Hoch 1990

SRC

The Syllabic Inscriptions from Byblos

Mendenhall 1985

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Hoch finds the closest Egyptian parallels for the Byblos sign forms in Old Kingdom characters of about 2700 to 2200 BC. [Evidence EVD0DEDVM9V3QNK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVM9V3QNK

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  title     = {Hoch finds the closest Egyptian parallels for the Byblos sign forms in Old Kingdom characters of about 2700 to 2200 BC.},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDVM9V3QNK},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVM9V3QNK}
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