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Cyrus H. Gordon
Semitist; read Eteocretan and Linear A as Northwest Semitic 1908–2001.
Eteocretan and EteocypriotCyrus H. Gordon is american Semitist and Ugaritic scholar who argued from 1962 that the Eteocretan inscriptions, like Linear A, record a Northwest Semitic language, and who translated the Greek of the Amathus bilingual. (1908–2001), and appears in the record of Eteocretan and Eteocypriot as semitist; read Eteocretan and Linear A as Northwest Semitic.
One event on the site involves Gordon: Cyrus Gordon reads Eteocretan as Northwest Semitic (1962).
One question rest in part on what Gordon did or said, among them “What language do the Eteocretan inscriptions of Praisos and Dreros record?”, which stands open: 5 answers, none ahead.
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What language do the Eteocretan inscriptions of Praisos and Dreros record?Open: 5 answers, none ahead
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Cyrus H. Gordon [Person FIG0DEDTH35VDC2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDTH35VDC2
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