Byblos syllabaryEvidence
Evidence · Byblos syllabary
The intermediates between the Byblos syllabary and the linear alphabets are few and obscure, and the proto-alphabet is…
The intermediates between the Byblos syllabary and the linear alphabets are few and obscure, and the proto-alphabet is attested from about 1900 BC with its own acrophonic derivation from Egyptian.
What it means
Key questionWhere did the Byblos signs come from, and is the script related to the Proto-Sinaitic and Phoenician alphabets?
2 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onEgyptian-derived syllabary, ancestor of the alphabet (Hoch, Colless)
Counts against1 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged
Sources 3
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The intermediates between the Byblos syllabary and the linear alphabets are few and obscure, and the proto-alphabet is… [Evidence EVD0DEDVN83FCDR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDVN83FCDR
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title = {The intermediates between the Byblos syllabary and the linear alphabets are few and obscure, and the proto-alphabet is…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDVN83FCDR},
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