# Isserlin's 1976 comparison found the Glozel signs matched no single ancient alphabet closely, which a direct copy from…

> Isserlin's 1976 comparison found the Glozel signs matched no single ancient alphabet closely, which a direct copy from one printed table would be…

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Evidence · Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field

# Isserlin's 1976 comparison found the Glozel signs matched no single ancient alphabet closely, which a direct copy from…

Isserlin's 1976 comparison found the Glozel signs matched no single ancient alphabet closely, which a direct copy from one printed table would be expected to show.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[Which published alphabets do the Glozel signs resemble, and could a forger of the 1920s have drawn on them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTR4X4Q7P/which-published-alphabets-do-the-glozel-signs-resemble-and)

No answer ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[A repertoire assembled from printed alphabet tables](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/answers/ANS0DEDX2DJJYXM/a-repertoire-assembled-from-printed-alphabet-tables)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Next steps 1

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Build a dated table of first appearances of each sign type from Vayson de Pradenne 1927 and Morlet's fascicles, and match it against alphabet handbooks printed before 1930.

~10 h

[On: Which published alphabets do the Glozel signs resemble, and could a forger of the 1920s have drawn on them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTR4X4Q7P/which-published-alphabets-do-the-glozel-signs-resemble-and)

**—** not judged

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

## Sources 1

[Note sur les inscriptions de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ51DB792/note-sur-les-inscriptions-de-glozel)

Isserlin 1976

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Isserlin's 1976 comparison found the Glozel signs matched no single ancient alphabet closely, which a direct copy from… [Evidence EVD0DEDYXWDVCMJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYXWDVCMJ
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**EVD** 0DEDYXWDVCMJ

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