# Olivier Masson · Person

> Epigraphist; corpus of Cypriot syllabic inscriptions (ICS, 1961 and 1983). In Eteocretan and Eteocypriot.

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# Olivier Masson

Epigraphist; corpus of Cypriot syllabic inscriptions (ICS, 1961 and 1983) **1922–1997.**

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

Olivier Masson is french epigraphist and linguist whose Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques (1961, 2nd ed. 1983) is the reference corpus for the Cypriot syllabary, including the Eteocypriot texts of Amathus. (1922–1997), and appears in the record of Eteocretan and Eteocypriot as epigraphist; corpus of Cypriot syllabic inscriptions (ICS, 1961 and 1983).

One event on the site involves Masson: Olivier Masson publishes the corpus of Cypriot syllabic inscriptions (1961).

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## In the mysteries

**Eteocretan and Eteocypriot**

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

## What Olivier Masson did 1

1961[Olivier Masson publishes the corpus of Cypriot syllabic inscriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/events/EVT0DEDX45EYF30/olivier-masson-publishes-the-corpus-of-cypriot-syllabic)

## Sources 2

[Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques: recueil critique et commenté (2nd edition with addenda)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPB6NMYPB/les-inscriptions-chypriotes-syllabiques-recueil-critique-et)

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[Inscriptions étéochypriotes](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPBQNRX17/inscriptions-eteochypriotes)

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1922

Died

1997

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Editor of the ICS corpus, Editions of the Amathus Eteocypriot inscriptions, 1953 and 1957

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French epigraphist and linguist whose Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques (1961, 2nd ed. 1983) is the reference corpus for the Cypriot syllabary, including the Eteocypriot texts of Amathus.

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