# Eight of the twelve most frequent Byblos sign types lie within a small graphical distance of an Egyptian…

> Eight of the twelve most frequent Byblos sign types lie within a small graphical distance of an Egyptian uniconsonantal sign, and Dunand had already…

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# Eight of the twelve most frequent Byblos sign types lie within a small graphical distance of an Egyptian…

Eight of the twelve most frequent Byblos sign types lie within a small graphical distance of an Egyptian uniconsonantal sign, and Dunand had already matched about 50 signs to Egyptian forms.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[Where did the Byblos signs come from, and is the script related to the Proto-Sinaitic and Phoenician alphabets?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQBGYEW6/where-did-the-byblos-signs-come-from-and-is-the-script)

2 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Egyptian-derived syllabary, ancestor of the alphabet (Hoch, Colless)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/answers/ANS0DEDT0YB9TS7/egyptian-derived-syllabary-ancestor-of-the-alphabet-hoch)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 3

[James Hoch (1990) confirmed: Byblos signs and the Egyptian consonant signs (GEAS news, 1 March 2021)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGS16TNCV/james-hoch-1990-confirmed-byblos-signs-and-the-egyptian)

Mäder 2021

SRC

[The Byblos Script](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGEMHG9CB/the-byblos-script)

Vita 2018

SRC

[The Byblos Syllabary: Bridging the Gap Between Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Semitic Alphabets](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFVFAGQQQ/the-byblos-syllabary-bridging-the-gap-between-egyptian)

Hoch 1990

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Eight of the twelve most frequent Byblos sign types lie within a small graphical distance of an Egyptian… [Evidence EVD0DEDVN022MA5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVN022MA5
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**EVD** 0DEDVN022MA5

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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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