QuestionsEteocretan and EteocypriotWhat language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?Answer
Answer · Eteocretan and Eteocypriot
Eteocypriot is a Hurrian dialect brought to Amathus from Anatolia or northern Syria.
Eteocypriot is a Hurrian dialect brought to Amathus from Anatolia or northern Syria.
Where it stands
Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- The -o-ko-o- patronymic and the -o-ti ending will correspond to Hurrian suffixes of matching function.
- Words in the Amathus bilingual with no Greek counterpart will parse as Hurrian epithets or titles.
What would rule it out
- A clause-level bilingual whose Eteocypriot cannot be parsed with Hurrian morphology.
- The diagnostic endings have functions incompatible with the Hurrian suffix system.
Evidence 1 for · 1 against
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The questions it answers
Open4 answers, none ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Eteocypriot is a Hurrian dialect brought to Amathus from Anatolia or northern Syria. [Answer ANS0DEECFS5P8ZK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEECFS5P8ZK
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