Evidence · Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field
Two inscribed vitrified tablets gave Oxford TL dates of AD 1910 and 1920, and the 1929 forensic examination found…
Two inscribed vitrified tablets gave Oxford TL dates of AD 1910 and 1920, and the 1929 forensic examination found modern dyed wool and cotton fibres and fresh plant matter inside tablets.
What it means
Key questionAre the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?
5 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onThe inscribed tablets and most of the collection were made between 1924 and 1936, in or near the Fradin farm.
Supports2 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged
Next steps 3
1
Join the dates table (glozel_dates.csv) to tablet identities in Morlet's Corpus and the museum numbers, and mark which dated objects are inscribed; test whether inscribed objects fall disproportionately in the modern TL group.
~6 h
—not judged
2
Extract the full 1976 TL sample table (Persée racf.1976.2018) and the 2023 Guilaine-Miallier date lists into the dates dataset so every published date is in one machine-readable file with its laboratory and sampling surface.
~5 h
—not judged
3
Request access to the Musée de Glozel and the MAN holdings to photograph every TL-dated tablet's sign floors under low-power microscopy and record whether each sign was cut before or after firing.
~24 h
—not judged
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 3
Glozel artifacts (Wikipedia)
SRCcontributors 2026
SRC
The Scientific Analyses of Glozel
SRCGerard et al. 2004
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Two inscribed vitrified tablets gave Oxford TL dates of AD 1910 and 1920, and the 1929 forensic examination found… [Evidence EVD0DEDXRA280C3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDXRA280C3
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title = {Two inscribed vitrified tablets gave Oxford TL dates of AD 1910 and 1920, and the 1929 forensic examination found…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDXRA280C3},
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