# The Praisos inscriptions (Praisos 1, 2 and 3)

> Three limestone blocks from the Altar Hill sanctuary at Praisos, Heraklion Museum inventory 99, 100 and 101: five lines of archaic Cretan letters (late…

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**ART** 0DEDXPCEY7CF·Artifact · inscription

# The Praisos inscriptions (Praisos 1, 2 and 3)

InscriptionPublic domainLate 7th or early 6th century BC (Praisos 1)

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Eteocretan/Praisos1.html).

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

**Transcription** Raymond 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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQD1K51XM/eteocretan-language-pages-web-edition-of-the-inscriptions)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Eteocretan/Praisos1.html)

**Dataset** Mysteries 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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQD1K51XM/eteocretan-language-pages-web-edition-of-the-inscriptions)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Eteocretan/Praisos1.html)

## Where it is kept

[Heraklion Archaeological Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSXFJZAQS/heraklion-archaeological-museum) · Museum

## Sources 4

- [Eteocretan Language Pages (web edition of the inscriptions)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQD1K51XM/eteocretan-language-pages-web-edition-of-the-inscriptions)_SRC_
- [Inscriptiones Creticae, vol. III: Tituli Cretae orientalis](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPD0CGSF0/inscriptiones-creticae-vol-iii-tituli-cretae-orientalis)_SRC_
- [L'Étéocrétois: les textes, la langue](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHFFY85X/leteocretois-les-textes-la-langue)_SRC_
- [The pre-Hellenic inscriptions of Praesos](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPDPNPPCW/the-pre-hellenic-inscriptions-of-praesos)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Praisos inscriptions (Praisos 1, 2 and 3) [Artifact ART0DEDXPCEY7CF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXPCEY7CF
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Key

**ART** 0DEDXPCEY7CF

Kind

Inscription

Held by

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Dated

late 7th or early 6th century BC (Praisos 1); about the 4th century BC (Praisos 2); about the 3rd century BC (Praisos 3)

Licence

Copyright Ray Brown; the ancient text itself is public domain

Place

[Heraklion Archaeological Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSXFJZAQS/heraklion-archaeological-museum)

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[Eteocretan and Eteocypriot](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot)

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