DECIPHERING THE BYBLOS “PSEUDOHIEROGLYPHIC” SCRIPT

Authors

  • Boris F. Hlebec University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2225015h

Keywords:

Byblos “pseudohieroglyphs”, Vinča script (Danube script, Old European script)

Abstract

Since the Byblos “pseudohieroglyphic” signs are graphically almost identical with the Vinča (Danube/Old European) pre-script (which originally appeared in the central Balkans, then spread to the Danube valley, southern Hungary, Macedonia, Transylvania, and northern Greece, and has also been recorded in distant countries such as the Ukraine, Spain and Portugal), the author applies his knowledge in deciphering this pre-script in order to read more than fifty lines of the Byblos signs. Thus, at least some of the Byblos “pseudohieroglyphs” appear to constitute a restricted system of mythographic “eidograms” (halfway between pictograms and ideograms) used for the invocation of goddesses throughout the Old World, rather than a syllabary, as erroneously believed by George Mendenhall, Brian Colless, Jan Best, Fred Woudhuizen and others, or an alphabet (Malachi Martin).

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Published

2022-06-30

How to Cite

F. Hlebec, B. (2022). DECIPHERING THE BYBLOS “PSEUDOHIEROGLYPHIC” SCRIPT . PHILOLOGIST – Journal of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies, 13(25), 15–28. https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2225015h