# The Psychro stone (disputed)

> A small stone said to come from Psychro in the Lasithi plateau, published by Marinatos in 1958, with five words in Greek letters of about the 3rd century…

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**ART** 0DEDXQ1N44F8·Artifact · inscription

# The Psychro stone (disputed)

InscriptionAbout the 3rd century BC if genuine; modern if a forgery

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A small stone said to come from Psychro in the Lasithi plateau, published by Marinatos in 1958, with five words in Greek letters of about the 3rd century BC and three signs resembling Linear A. Brown (1978) and Duhoux (1982) treated it as Eteocretan; Kritzas (2006) argued it is a modern forgery, a verdict the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum records, while Papakitsos and Kenanidis (2015, 2017) defend it and offer a Sumerian-based reading. Its status decides whether any Eteocretan text links the alphabetic language to Bronze Age signs.

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## Sources 4

- [A Decipherment of the Eteocretan Inscription from Psychro (Crete)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQEC0B0ZQ/a-decipherment-of-the-eteocretan-inscription-from-psychro)_SRC_
- [Eteocretan language](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDRWJD48DY/eteocretan-language)_SRC_
- [The "Bilingual" inscription from Psychro (Crete): A coup de grâce](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQE1AS4YK/the-bilingual-inscription-from-psychro-crete-a-coup-de-grace)_SRC_
- [The Eteocretan inscription from Psychro](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQDHXMPQJ/the-eteocretan-inscription-from-psychro)_SRC_

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Psychro stone (disputed) [Artifact ART0DEDXQ1N44F8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDXQ1N44F8
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**ART** 0DEDXQ1N44F8

Kind

Inscription

Held by

Heraklion Archaeological Museum (reported)

Dated

about the 3rd century BC if genuine; modern if a forgery

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