# Modern fabrications

> Still possible: The Tărtăria tablets are modern, their signs copied from reproductions of Sumerian tablets in books available in Romania before 1961.

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# Modern fabrications

The Tărtăria tablets are modern, their signs copied from reproductions of Sumerian tablets in books available in Romania before 1961.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Direct dating or materials analysis shows modern clay, modern firing or modern tool marks.
- The signs match specific published Sumerian reproductions sign for sign, including reproduction errors.

## What would rule it out

- Direct dating gives an ancient result.
- Contemporary photographs or notes from 1961 show the tablets in the ground.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Qasim matched the Tărtăria signs to reproductions of Sumerian tablets in books available in Romania before 1961, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEEAQXZNCA0/qasim-matched-the-tartaria-signs-to-reproductions-of)

Speculative

FOR

[The re-examination of Vlassa's notes and the Cluj museum records found the discovery account internally consistent and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEEAT0R66FZ/the-re-examination-of-vlassas-notes-and-the-cluj-museum)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[When were the Tărtăria tablets made, and are they genuine Neolithic objects from the pit Vlassa described?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW337CVM0/when-were-the-tartaria-tablets-made-and-are-they-genuine)

Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Modern fabrications [Answer ANS0DEDYKS67VG7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDYKS67VG7
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