script: Qa29
family: Middle Eastern
type: syllabary
whitespace: discretionary
open_type_tag: none
complex_positioning: unknown
unicode: true
contextual_forms: true
status: Historical
baseline: unspecified
ligatures: unspecified
direction: rtl

The Byblos script is thought to have been used for writing a Semitic language between the 24th and the 15th centuries BC. It is known from ten inscriptions discovered in the city of Byblos, in present-day Lebanon. As yet, the script is undeciphered, but is thought to have been a syllabary written from right to left using approximately one hundred distinct signs. Some signs appear to resemble Egyptian hieroglyphs; others resemble Phoenician characters. It is thought that the Byblos inscriptions may represent an important link between the Egyptian hieroglyphic script and the later Semitic abjads.

This script is not currently recognized by the  ISO 15924 standard, but is included in ScriptSource for research purposes. If you have any information on this script, please add the information to this site. Your contributions can be a great help in refining and expanding the ISO 15924 standard. The  Script Encoding Initiative is working to support the inclusion of this script in the standard, and contributions here will support their efforts.