# 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…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDGHRSTGB/the-cypriot-syllabary-descends-from-cypro-minoan-on-the-same  
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# 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.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[What language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8TY5JS3/what-language-do-the-eteocypriot-inscriptions-of-amathus)

4 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Eteocypriot continues the language of Cypro-Minoan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/answers/ANS0DEECG02EJN2/eteocypriot-continues-the-language-of-cypro-minoan)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## 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

[On: What language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8TY5JS3/what-language-do-the-eteocypriot-inscriptions-of-amathus)

**—** not judged

2

Transcribe Steele's EC 1 to EC 26 into Unicode Cypriot syllabary as an open dataset.

~10 h

[On: What language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8TY5JS3/what-language-do-the-eteocypriot-inscriptions-of-amathus)

**—** not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 3

[Eteocypriot and Cypro-Minoan 1–3](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKJ13KKJ8/eteocypriot-and-cypro-minoan-13)

Duhoux 2010

SRC

[Eteocypriot in the Bronze Age? The Cypro-Minoan cylinder from Enkomi as an accounting document](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CWRBDX41NT5/eteocypriot-in-the-bronze-age-the-cypro-minoan-cylinder-from)

J 2020

SRC

[Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDRGN35KC5/writing-and-society-in-ancient-cyprus)

Steele 2018

SRC

## Cite it

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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
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**EVD** 0DEEDGHRSTGB

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/sessions/SES0DEEE7NHGFE2/session-1-eteocretan-and-eteocypriot-seeded-corpus-readings) · 31 Oct 2026

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