# 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…

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# 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.

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## What it means

Key question[Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTMA3SG8Y/are-the-inscribed-tablets-of-glozel-ancient-objects-and-if)

5 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[The inscribed tablets and most of the collection were made between 1924 and 1936, in or near the Fradin farm.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/answers/ANS0DEDW4WHEKN2/the-inscribed-tablets-and-most-of-the-collection-were-made)

Supports2 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## 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

[On: Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTMA3SG8Y/are-the-inscribed-tablets-of-glozel-ancient-objects-and-if)

**—** 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

[On: Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTMA3SG8Y/are-the-inscribed-tablets-of-glozel-ancient-objects-and-if)

**—** 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

[On: Are the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTMA3SG8Y/are-the-inscribed-tablets-of-glozel-ancient-objects-and-if)

**—** not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 3

[Glozel artifacts (Wikipedia)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKMG0NXP9/glozel-artifacts-wikipedia)

contributors 2026

SRC

[Résumé des recherches effectuées à Glozel entre 1983 et 1990, sous l'égide du ministère de la Culture](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ8461BM1/resume-des-recherches-effectuees-a-glozel-entre-1983-et-1990)

Daugas et al. 1995

SRC

[The Scientific Analyses of Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK60WJEK6/the-scientific-analyses-of-glozel)

Gerard et al. 2004

SRC

## Cite it

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