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Answer · Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field

The inscribed tablets and most of the collection were made between 1924 and 1936, in or near the Fradin farm.

The inscribed tablets and most of the collection were made between 1924 and 1936, in or near the Fradin farm.

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Where it stands

Still possibleTwo pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Inscribed tablets examined by microscopy will show signs cut into clay prepared and fired in modern conditions, with modern inclusions.
  • No Glozel-type inscribed object will be found in a stratified context outside the Fradin collection.
  • Tablets with Iron Age TL dates will prove to have been reheated or to carry signs cut after firing.

What would rule it out

  • An inscribed tablet whose signs were cut before firing gives concordant Iron Age TL and archaeomagnetic dates from two laboratories on the same surfaces.
  • A Glozel-type inscribed object is excavated in a recorded pre-modern context elsewhere.

Evidence 2 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscribed tablets and most of the collection were made between 1924 and 1936, in or near the Fradin farm. [Answer ANS0DEDW4WHEKN2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDW4WHEKN2
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