# James E. Hoch · Person

> Canadian Egyptologist (University of Toronto PhD 1992; University of Alberta) who argued in 1990 that the Byblos signs derive from the Egyptian…

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# James E. Hoch

Canadian Egyptologist (University of Toronto PhD 1992; University of Alberta) who argued in 1990 that the Byblos signs derive from the Egyptian uniconsonantal signs and in 1995 read four lines of stone fragment l as an Egyptian hieratic date.

[The Byblos syllabary](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary)[1 event][2 sources]

James E. Hoch is canadian Egyptologist, University of Alberta; derived the Byblos signs from Egyptian consonant signs, and appears in the record of Byblos syllabary as canadian Egyptologist (University of Toronto PhD 1992; University of Alberta) who argued in 1990 that the Byblos signs derive from the Egyptian uniconsonantal signs and in 1995 read four lines of stone fragment l as an Egyptian hieratic date.

One event on the site involves Hoch: James Hoch derives the signs from the Egyptian uniconsonantal signs (1990).

Three questions rest in part on what Hoch did or said, among them “When were the Byblos inscriptions written?”, which stands open: 3 answers, none ahead.

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## In the mysteries

**The Byblos syllabary**

1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary)

[When were the Byblos inscriptions written?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQ0JG3EE/when-were-the-byblos-inscriptions-written)Open: 3 answers, none ahead

[Where did the Byblos signs come from, and is the script related to the Proto-Sinaitic and Phoenician alphabets?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQBGYEW6/where-did-the-byblos-signs-come-from-and-is-the-script)Open: 2 answers, none ahead

[Can any sound values be fixed from external evidence, such as the Akhenaten-daughters seal or the Egyptian parent signs?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/questions/QST0DEDQQKMXR41/can-any-sound-values-be-fixed-from-external-evidence-such-as)No evidence yet: No evidence yet

## What James E. Hoch did 1

1990[James Hoch derives the signs from the Egyptian uniconsonantal signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/byblos-syllabary/events/EVT0DEDMMHY7PS6/james-hoch-derives-the-signs-from-the-egyptian)

## Sources 2

[The Byblos Syllabary: Bridging the Gap Between Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Semitic Alphabets](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFVFAGQQQ/the-byblos-syllabary-bridging-the-gap-between-egyptian)

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[Egyptian Hieratic Writing in the Byblos Pseudo-hieroglyphic Stele L](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFVTR04AS/egyptian-hieratic-writing-in-the-byblos-pseudo-hieroglyphic)

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