Déchiffrages. Quelques réflexions sur l’écriture libyco-berbère

A breakthrough in deciphering the Libyco-Berber script was achieved through the discovery of two bilingual Punic-Libyque inscriptions from 2nd-century BCE Dougga, Tunisia. These inscriptions provided partial decipherment of a variant of the ancient alphabet, which is found across North Africa and the Canary Islands, often alongside Punic or Latin texts. The study challenges existing dating hypotheses for Moroccan inscriptions while tracing the evolution of Libyco-Berber writing from antiquity to modern Tuareg scripts (Tafineq). It also revisits the circumstances surrounding Dougga's inscription discovery and critiques recent works on contemporary rock art and script evolution.

Casajus, D. (2021). Déchiffrages. Quelques réflexions sur l’écriture libyco-berbère. Afriques. https://doi.org/10.4000/afriques.688