# Janko 2020: Eteocypriot in the Bronze Age? The Cypro-Minoan cylinder from Enkomi as an accounting document

> Richard Janko, 2020. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the longest text and the Eteocypriot hypothesis.

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# Eteocypriot in the Bronze Age? The Cypro-Minoan cylinder from Enkomi as an accounting document

Richard Janko, 2020. _Kadmos 59(1-2), pp. 43 to 61_.

Analyses the structure of the longest Cypro-Minoan text, the 217-sign clay cylinder from Enkomi (##097), and argues that it is an accounting document whose language may be Eteocypriot, the non-Greek language of the later Cypriot syllabary.

**Cypro-Minoan** Articledoi: **[10.1515/kadmos-2020-0003](https://doi.org/10.1515/kadmos-2020-0003)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the longest text and the Eteocypriot hypothesis.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Cypro-Minoan on Cyprus writes Eteocypriot, the non-Greek language later written in the Cypriot syllabary.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/answers/ANS0CWRBSM42AN0/cypro-minoan-on-cyprus-writes-eteocypriot-the-non-greek)

Answer

ANS

[Clay cylinder from Enkomi (##097, ENKO Arou 001), 217 signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/artifacts/ART0CWRC0EW3P4E/clay-cylinder-from-enkomi-097-enko-arou-001-217-signs)

ART

[The structure of the Enkomi cylinder is read as an account in a language that could be Eteocypriot.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/evidence/EVD0CWRBSVY4JBS/the-structure-of-the-enkomi-cylinder-is-read-as-an-account)

Evidence

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[Richard Janko](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/people/FIG0CWRBKRM5ZA4/richard-janko)

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[Cypro-Minoan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan)

The mystery article

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[What language or languages does Cypro-Minoan write?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/questions/QST0CWRBPY653KZ/what-language-or-languages-does-cypro-minoan-write)

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## Cite it

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Janko, R. (2020). Eteocypriot in the Bronze Age? The Cypro-Minoan cylinder from Enkomi as an accounting document. Kadmos 59(1-2), pp. 43 to 61. https://doi.org/10.1515/kadmos-2020-0003
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1515/kadmos-2020-0003)

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**SRC** 0CWRBDX41NT5

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Journal article

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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