# Ferrara 2017: Contexts and Repetitions of Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions: Function and Subject Matter of Clay Balls

> Silvia Ferrara, Miguel Valério, 2017. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the clay balls and their function.

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# Contexts and Repetitions of Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions: Function and Subject Matter of Clay Balls

Silvia Ferrara, Miguel Valério, 2017. _Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 378, pp. 71 to 94_.

Studies the roughly 90 inscribed clay balls from Enkomi and Kition, their find contexts and the repetition of sign sequences across them, to work out what the balls recorded; reviews estimates of the syllabogram count.

**Cypro-Minoan** Articledoi: **[10.5615/bullamerschoorie.378.0071](https://doi.org/10.5615/bullamerschoorie.378.0071)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the clay balls and their function.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[The balls were administrative tokens or lots naming people or units, used in allocation or sortition.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/answers/ANS0CWRBXRY5T6S/the-balls-were-administrative-tokens-or-lots-naming-people)

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[Inscribed clay balls from Enkomi and Kition (about 90)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/artifacts/ART0CWRC0YG3ANZ/inscribed-clay-balls-from-enkomi-and-kition-about-90)

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[Sign inventories range from 57 to 96 depending on the researcher, so even the units to which values attach…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/evidence/EVD0CWRBW286G11/sign-inventories-range-from-57-to-96-depending-on-the)

Evidence

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[Sign sequences repeat across balls found together.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/evidence/EVD0CWRBY0R2AVH/sign-sequences-repeat-across-balls-found-together)

Evidence

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

The mystery article

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[What were the inscribed clay balls for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/questions/QST0CWRBQNM41EF/what-were-the-inscribed-clay-balls-for)

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## Cite it

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Ferrara, S., & Valério, M. (2017). Contexts and Repetitions of Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions: Function and Subject Matter of Clay Balls. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 378, pp. 71 to 94. https://doi.org/10.5615/bullamerschoorie.378.0071
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