Reply To: What did people do before Rashi invented Rashi tefillin?

The Smag (Asei 22) mentions a set of Tefillin corresponding to Rashi’s version found buried around the kever of Yechezkel in modern say Iraq. The Drishah (O.C 34) rejects this as a proof for Rashi Tefillin as these may have been buried because they were Pasul! The Bach however argues that a such a matter wouldn’t have warranted a burial as the parshiyos could’ve been rearranged. All in all, one can’t conclude from a single discovered artifact. Interestingly, archeologists around the dead sea have discovered both sets of tefillin.