Evidence · Byblos syllabary

The pseudo-hieroglyphic objects share the spatula medium, word dividers, text framing and some sign forms with…

The pseudo-hieroglyphic objects share the spatula medium, word dividers, text framing and some sign forms with ninth-century Byblian alphabetic inscriptions, and one spatula carries both scripts.

Suggestive0

What it means

Key questionWhen were the Byblos inscriptions written?

3 answers, none ahead yet

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Answer this evidence bears onIron Age, c. 900-830 BC (Sass)

Supports1 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

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The pseudo-hieroglyphic objects share the spatula medium, word dividers, text framing and some sign forms with… [Evidence EVD0DEDVMHTSEDW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVMHTSEDW

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  title     = {The pseudo-hieroglyphic objects share the spatula medium, word dividers, text framing and some sign forms with…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDVMHTSEDW},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVMHTSEDW}
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