# The Amathus bilingual (ICS 196; IG XV 1.1 no. 7)

> 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…

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**ART** 0DEDXPS9BP8H·Artifact · inscription

# The Amathus bilingual (ICS 196; IG XV 1.1 no. 7)

InscriptionPublic domainLate 4th century BC, after about 312 BC

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus_bilingual).

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

**Transcription** Wikipedia 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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPB6NMYPB/les-inscriptions-chypriotes-syllabiques-recueil-critique-et)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus_bilingual)

## Where it was made

[Amathus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSWM50VWS/amathus) · Ancient city

## Sources 5

- [A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHJENGE8/a-linguistic-history-of-ancient-cyprus-the-non-greek)_SRC_
- [Amathus bilingual](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDRX79MGN9/amathus-bilingual)_SRC_
- [An Eteocypriot-Greek bilingual inscription and the meaning of Cypriot eupatridai](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDRGDSWA43/an-eteocypriot-greek-bilingual-inscription-and-the-meaning)_SRC_
- [Inscriptiones Graecae XV: Inscriptiones Cypri. Pars I: Inscriptiones Cypri syllabicae. Fasc. 1: Inscriptiones Amathuntis, Curii, Marii](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPEBY9XBM/inscriptiones-graecae-xv-inscriptiones-cypri-pars-i)_SRC_
- [Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques: recueil critique et commenté (2nd edition with addenda)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPB6NMYPB/les-inscriptions-chypriotes-syllabiques-recueil-critique-et)_SRC_

## Cite it

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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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**ART** 0DEDXPS9BP8H

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Inscription

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Lost after 1914

Dated

late 4th century BC, after about 312 BC

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia text); the ancient text itself is public domain

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[Amathus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSWM50VWS/amathus)

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

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