MysteriesGlozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin fieldArtifactsThe inscribed clay tablets of Glozel
The inscribed clay tablets of Glozel: drawings of inscriptions on stone, bone and pebble (Reinach 1928, plate 5)
About 100 flat fired-clay tablets, most inscribed on one face with six or seven lines of alphabet-like signs cut before firing, dug up by Morlet and Fradin between 1925 and 1936. Their sign sequences are the only material for any reading; their TL dates run from the Iron Age to the 1920s.
Salomon Reinach, 1925. Public domain
Copies 2
Scan of morlet's corpus des inscriptions (1969 printing)Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Bibliothèque · tpsalomonreinach.mom.fr · In copyright (Morlet died 1965); made available by the MOM Reinach portal, which notes the volume is not part of the Reinach bequestPrimary source: Glozel: Corpus des inscriptions1 step from the original
Drawings of inscriptions on stone, bone and pebble (reinach 1928, plate 5)Salomon Reinach · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domainPrimary source: Éphémérides de Glozel1 step from the original
Where it is kept
Musée de Glozel · Museum
Sources 4
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscribed clay tablets of Glozel [Artifact ART0DEDRP2ESA51]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDRP2ESA51
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year = {2026},
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