ART0DEDXPCEY7CF·Artifact · inscription
The Praisos inscriptions (Praisos 1, 2 and 3)
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.
Three limestone blocks from the Altar Hill sanctuary at Praisos, Heraklion Museum inventory 99, 100 and 101: five lines of archaic Cretan letters (late 7th or early 6th century BC), thirteen lines of Ionic (about the 4th century BC) and sixteen lines of Ionic with digamma (about the 3rd century BC). They hold more than half of all Eteocretan text, including the city name phraiso- and the sequence phraisoi inai.
Raymond A. Brown. Public domain
Copies 2
TranscriptionRaymond A. Brown · carolandray.plus.com · 2003 · Copyright Ray Brown; the ancient text itself is public domainPrimary source: Eteocretan Language Pages (web edition of the inscriptions)1 step from the original
DatasetMysteries Department research agent (claude-fable-5-1) · carolandray.plus.com · 2026-10-31 · CC0 1.0 (compilation); the ancient texts are public domainPrimary source: Eteocretan Language Pages (web edition of the inscriptions)1 step from the original
Where it is kept
Heraklion Archaeological Museum · Museum
Sources 4
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Praisos inscriptions (Praisos 1, 2 and 3) [Artifact ART0DEDXPCEY7CF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXPCEY7CF
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title = {The Praisos inscriptions (Praisos 1, 2 and 3)},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Artifact, catalog key ART0DEDXPCEY7CF},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXPCEY7CF}
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