# Steele's full review of the 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions identifies the -o-ko-o- patronymic as the one secure…

> Steele's full review of the 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions identifies the -o-ko-o- patronymic as the one secure diagnostic and finds no secure link to any…

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# Steele's full review of the 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions identifies the -o-ko-o- patronymic as the one secure…

Steele's full review of the 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions identifies the -o-ko-o- patronymic as the one secure diagnostic and finds no secure link to any known language.

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## 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 is an unknown language with no demonstrable relatives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/answers/ANS0DEECGBQ8NA4/eteocypriot-is-an-unknown-language-with-no-demonstrable)

Supports2 for, none 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

[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)

Steele 2013

SRC

[Eteocypriot](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHQM6EV3/eteocypriot)

S 2018

SRC

[Review of P. M. Steele, A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDR0HMJHWH/review-of-p-m-steele-a-linguistic-history-of-ancient-cyprus)

Petrakis 2015

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Steele's full review of the 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions identifies the -o-ko-o- patronymic as the one secure… [Evidence EVD0DEEDGRV3XN8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEDGRV3XN8
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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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