# Philippa M. Steele · Person

> Classicist (Cambridge); catalogue and linguistic study of Eteocypriot, 2013. In Eteocretan and Eteocypriot.

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# Philippa M. Steele

Classicist (Cambridge); catalogue and linguistic study of Eteocypriot, 2013

[Eteocretan and Eteocypriot](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot)[1 event][2 sources]

Philippa M. Steele is cambridge classicist and epigraphist of Aegean and Cypriot writing; author of A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus (2013) and Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus (2018), and leader of the CREWS project., and appears in the record of Eteocretan and Eteocypriot as classicist (Cambridge); catalogue and linguistic study of Eteocypriot, 2013.

One event on the site involves Steele: Philippa Steele catalogues 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions and finds no secure affiliation (2013).

Two questions rest in part on what Steele did or said, among them “What do the Dreros and Amathus bilinguals actually establish about the two languages?”, which stands open: no answer ahead yet.

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## In the mysteries

**Eteocretan and Eteocypriot**

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[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot)

[What do the Dreros and Amathus bilinguals actually establish about the two languages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ94QPQR8/what-do-the-dreros-and-amathus-bilinguals-actually-establish)Open: no answer ahead yet

[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)Open: 4 answers, none ahead

## What Philippa M. Steele did 1

2013[Philippa Steele catalogues 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions and finds no secure affiliation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/events/EVT0DEDX5AJ5SGA/philippa-steele-catalogues-26-eteocypriot-inscriptions-and)

## Sources 2

[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)

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

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Catalogue of 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions, Verdict that no secure linguistic affiliation can be shown

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Cambridge classicist and epigraphist of Aegean and Cypriot writing; author of A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus (2013) and Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus (2018), and leader of the CREWS project.

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