Jan Best
Dutch ancient historian and protohistorian at the University of Amsterdam (1941 to 2023) who proposed a decipherment of the Byblos bronze tablets in 2008 to 2010, built on his earlier readings of Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A and reading the texts as a Semitic temple dedication to the sun god Shuraya. 1941–2023.
The Byblos syllabaryJan Best is dutch ancient historian, University of Amsterdam; proposed the 2008-2010 Byblos decipherment (1941–2023), and appears in the record of Byblos syllabary as dutch ancient historian and protohistorian at the University of Amsterdam (1941 to 2023) who proposed a decipherment of the Byblos bronze tablets in 2008 to 2010, built on his earlier readings of Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A and reading the texts as a Semitic temple dedication to the sun god Shuraya.
One event on the site involves Best: Jan Best reads tablets c and d as a Semitic temple dedication to the sun god Shuraya (2008).
One question rest in part on what Best did or said, among them “What language do the Byblos pseudo-hieroglyphic inscriptions record?”, which stands open: 6 answers, none ahead.
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Jan Best [Person FIG0DEDJ7FPN0K6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDJ7FPN0K6
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