# The Dreros bilingual (Dreros 1)

> A grey schist block, 750 x 260 x 245 mm, found in autumn 1936 in the Hellenistic cistern beside the east wall of the Delphinion at Dreros. Two deeply cut…

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**ART** 0DEDXPM4Q0A8·Artifact · inscription

# The Dreros bilingual (Dreros 1)

InscriptionPublic domainLate 7th or early 6th century BC

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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/Dreros1.html).

A grey schist block, 750 x 260 x 245 mm, found in autumn 1936 in the Hellenistic cistern beside the east wall of the Delphinion at Dreros. Two deeply cut lines of Eteocretan with word dividers (et, isalabre, komn, men, inai, isaluria, lmo) stand above three worn boustrophedon lines of Cretan Greek containing ewade, "it was decided", and turon, "cheese". Kept at Neapoli, it was lost during the occupation of Crete in the Second World War and is known from van Effenterre's drawings and photographs.

Raymond A. Brown. Public domain

## Copies 1

**Transcription** Raymond A. Brown · carolandray.plus.com · 2003 · Copyright Ray Brown; the ancient text itself is public domainPrimary source: [Inscriptions archaïques crétoises](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPC7YK8AA/inscriptions-archaiques-cretoises)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Eteocretan/Dreros1.html)

## Where it was made

[Dreros](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSW22GYS0/dreros) · Ancient city

## Sources 4

- [Eteocretan Language Pages (web edition of the inscriptions)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQD1K51XM/eteocretan-language-pages-web-edition-of-the-inscriptions)_SRC_
- [Inscriptions archaïques crétoises](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPC7YK8AA/inscriptions-archaiques-cretoises)_SRC_
- [L'Étéocrétois: les textes, la langue](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHFFY85X/leteocretois-les-textes-la-langue)_SRC_
- [Una bilingue greco-semitica (?) con regolamento sacrale da Dreros](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDR045PEDF/una-bilingue-greco-semitica-con-regolamento-sacrale-da)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Dreros bilingual (Dreros 1) [Artifact ART0DEDXPM4Q0A8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXPM4Q0A8
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Key

**ART** 0DEDXPM4Q0A8

Kind

Inscription

Held by

Lost (formerly the museum at Neapoli, Crete)

Dated

late 7th or early 6th century BC

Licence

Copyright Ray Brown; the ancient text itself is public domain

Place

[Dreros](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSW22GYS0/dreros)

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

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