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Amathus

ancient city-kingdom, south coast of Cyprus

Eteocretan and Eteocypriot 2 events 34.7122° N, 33.1414° E

Amathus is an ancient city in the record of Eteocretan and Eteocypriot, placed to about 1 km.

Two events on the site happened here, between 0311 and 1914: Amathus sets up a statue of Ariston son of Aristonax with an Eteocypriot and Greek inscription, and later Ernst Sittig publishes the Amathus bilingual, found in a Limassol antique shop.

The kingdom ended with the deposition of Androkles about 312 BC; the bilingual is dated shortly after.

Written from the site's records. Improve it

Placed from Approximate position of the Amathus acropolis from general reference (34 42 44 N, 33 08 29 E); not checked against a survey. · Placed to about 1 km

In the mysteries

Eteocretan and Eteocypriot

2 events

The mystery

What do the Dreros and Amathus bilinguals actually establish about the two languages?Open: no answer ahead yet

What language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?Open: 4 answers, none ahead

Do the non-Greek syllabic inscriptions of Golgoi record the same language as those of Amathus?No evidence yet: No evidence yet

What happened here 2

-0311Amathus sets up a statue of Ariston son of Aristonax with an Eteocypriot and Greek inscription

1914Ernst Sittig publishes the Amathus bilingual, found in a Limassol antique shop

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Amathus [Place PLC0DEDSWM50VWS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDSWM50VWS

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  title     = {Amathus},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0DEDSWM50VWS},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDSWM50VWS}
}