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George Smith
Assyriologist (British Museum); deciphered the Cypriot syllabary from the Idalion bilingual, 1871 1840–1876.
Eteocretan and EteocypriotGeorge Smith is self-taught British Assyriologist at the British Museum, famous for the Flood tablet; in 1871 he used the Phoenician text of the Idalion bilingual to work out the first values of the Cypriot syllabary and show that its language was Greek. (1840–1876), and appears in the record of Eteocretan and Eteocypriot as assyriologist (British Museum); deciphered the Cypriot syllabary from the Idalion bilingual, 1871.
One event on the site involves Smith: George Smith reads the Cypriot syllabary from the Idalion bilingual and shows its language is Greek (1871).
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Mysteries Department. (2026). George Smith [Person FIG0DEDTGQYP980]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDTGQYP980
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