Eteocretan and EteocypriotEvidence
Evidence · Eteocretan and Eteocypriot
The Cypriot syllabary descends from Cypro-Minoan on the same island, and Duhoux finds Eteocypriot endings comparable…
The Cypriot syllabary descends from Cypro-Minoan on the same island, and Duhoux finds Eteocypriot endings comparable with Cypro-Minoan 1 sequences; Janko reads the Enkomi cylinder as an account possibly in Eteocypriot.
What it means
Key questionWhat language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?
4 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onEteocypriot continues the language of Cypro-Minoan
Supports1 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged
Next steps 2
1
Transcribe Steele's 26 Eteocypriot texts (EC 1 to EC 26) into Unicode Cypriot syllabary with ICS and IG XV numbers, so endings such as -o-ko-o- and -o-ti can be counted and compared with Cypro-Minoan sequences under a shuffled-sign null.
~10 h
—not judged
2
Transcribe Steele's EC 1 to EC 26 into Unicode Cypriot syllabary as an open dataset.
~10 h
—not judged
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 3
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Cypriot syllabary descends from Cypro-Minoan on the same island, and Duhoux finds Eteocypriot endings comparable… [Evidence EVD0DEEDGHRSTGB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEDGHRSTGB
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deedghrstgb,
title = {The Cypriot syllabary descends from Cypro-Minoan on the same island, and Duhoux finds Eteocypriot endings comparable…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEDGHRSTGB},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEDGHRSTGB}
}