# Eteocypriot is a Hurrian dialect brought to Amathus from Anatolia or northern Syria.

> Still possible: Eteocypriot is a Hurrian dialect brought to Amathus from Anatolia or northern Syria.

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# 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.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One 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

[Petit links Amathusian personal and place names and the city's archaeology to Hurrian-speaking populations of Anatolia…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDG7DH8JF/petit-links-amathusian-personal-and-place-names-and-the)

Speculative

FOR

[No Eteocypriot inscription has been read as Hurrian, and Steele's review of all 26 texts finds no secure link to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDGC57JK0/no-eteocypriot-inscription-has-been-read-as-hurrian-and)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8TY5JS3/what-language-do-the-eteocypriot-inscriptions-of-amathus)

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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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