ART0DEDXPS9BP8H·Artifact · inscription
The Amathus bilingual (ICS 196; IG XV 1.1 no. 7)
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.
A black marble slab broken in two, bought by Ernst Sittig in a Limassol antique shop and published in 1914. Two lines of Eteocypriot in the Cypriot syllabary, written right to left, stand above a two-line Greek dedication in Attic koine: the city of the Amathusians honours Ariston son of Aristonax, eupatrides. The names appear in the syllabic text as a-ri-si-to-no-se a-ra-to-wa-na-ka-so-ko-o-se, fixing the sign values and a patronymic ending; the rest is unread. Dated shortly after the fall of King Androkles about 312 BC. The stone was lost after publication, perhaps in shipment to America.
Wikipedia contributors after Sittig 1914 and Masson 1983. Public domain
Copies 1
TranscriptionWikipedia contributors after Sittig 1914 and Masson 1983 · en.wikipedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia text); the ancient text itself is public domainPrimary source: Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques: recueil critique et commenté (2nd edition with addenda)1 step from the original
Where it was made
Amathus · Ancient city
Sources 5
- A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BCSRC
- Amathus bilingualSRC
- An Eteocypriot-Greek bilingual inscription and the meaning of Cypriot eupatridaiSRC
- Inscriptiones Graecae XV: Inscriptiones Cypri. Pars I: Inscriptiones Cypri syllabicae. Fasc. 1: Inscriptiones Amathuntis, Curii, MariiSRC
- Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques: recueil critique et commenté (2nd edition with addenda)SRC
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Amathus bilingual (ICS 196; IG XV 1.1 no. 7) [Artifact ART0DEDXPS9BP8H]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXPS9BP8H
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title = {The Amathus bilingual (ICS 196; IG XV 1.1 no. 7)},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Artifact, catalog key ART0DEDXPS9BP8H},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXPS9BP8H}
}