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Evidence · Eteocretan and Eteocypriot

Cypro-Minoan sign values are not secure enough to test the comparison, so the proposed matches cannot yet be…

Cypro-Minoan sign values are not secure enough to test the comparison, so the proposed matches cannot yet be distinguished from chance.

Suggestive0

What it means

Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onEteocypriot continues the language of Cypro-Minoan
Counts against1 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 2

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Cypro-Minoan sign values are not secure enough to test the comparison, so the proposed matches cannot yet be… [Evidence EVD0DEEDGMRDSQS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEDGMRDSQS
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