# 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…

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# 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 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[Iron Age, c. 900-830 BC (Sass)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/answers/ANS0DEDT0Q4XR3A/iron-age-c-900-830-bc-sass)

Supports1 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). 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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**EVD** 0DEDVMHTSEDW

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Evidence

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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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