# Philippa M. Steele 2013: A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC > Philippa M. Steele, 2013. 12 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Classical Studies. Chapter II (pp. 99 to 172)… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHJENGE8/a-linguistic-history-of-ancient-cyprus-the-non-greek Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Eteocretan and Eteocypriot](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot)Philippa M. Steele 2013 **0** # A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC Philippa M. Steele, 2013. **Eteocretan and Eteocypriot** Bookdoi: **[10.1017/CBO9781107337558](https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107337558)** 0 ## What it's used for here Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Classical Studies. Chapter II (pp. 99 to 172) is the fullest treatment of Eteocypriot: a catalogue of 26 inscriptions (EC 1 to EC 26), their distribution from the 8th to the 4th century BC, the Amathus bilingual as a case study, the -o-ko-o- patronymic sequence, and the conclusion that no secure link to any known language can be established. Source for the Eteocypriot corpus, features and verdict. ## Cited by on this site 12 records [The Amathus bilingual (ICS 196; IG XV 1.1 no. 7)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/artifacts/ART0DEDXPS9BP8H/the-amathus-bilingual-ics-196-ig-xv-1-1-no-7) ART [Steele 2013 Eteocypriot catalogue (EC 1 to EC 26) and IG XV 1.1](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDYNVD9432/steele-2013-eteocypriot-catalogue-ec-1-to-ec-26-and-ig-xv-1) Dataset DAT [Cypro-Minoan sign values are not secure enough to test the comparison, so the proposed matches cannot yet be…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDGMRDSQS/cypro-minoan-sign-values-are-not-secure-enough-to-test-the) Evidence EVD [No Eteocypriot inscription has been read as Hurrian, and Steele's review of all 26 texts finds no secure link to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDGC57JK0/no-eteocypriot-inscription-has-been-read-as-hurrian-and) Evidence EVD [Steele's full review of the 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions identifies the -o-ko-o- patronymic as the one secure…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDGRV3XN8/steeles-full-review-of-the-26-eteocypriot-inscriptions) Evidence EVD [The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEEDYWYX5V/the-amathus-bilinguals-eteocypriot-is-longer-than-its-two) Evidence EVD [The Cypriot syllabary reads Greek texts into a full grammatical dialect, yet the same sign values applied to the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEEDGWFMJAH/the-cypriot-syllabary-reads-greek-texts-into-a-full) Evidence EVD [Philippa Steele catalogues 26 Eteocypriot inscriptions and finds no secure affiliation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/events/EVT0DEDX5AJ5SGA/philippa-steele-catalogues-26-eteocypriot-inscriptions-and) EVT [Philippa M. Steele](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDTEQYDCP7/philippa-m-steele) FIG [Eteocretan and Eteocypriot](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot) The mystery article MYS [What do the Dreros and Amathus bilinguals actually establish about the two languages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ94QPQR8/what-do-the-dreros-and-amathus-bilinguals-actually-establish) Question QST [What language do the Eteocypriot inscriptions of Amathus record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8TY5JS3/what-language-do-the-eteocypriot-inscriptions-of-amathus) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Philippa M. Steele (2013). A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107337558 ``` [Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107337558) Key **SRC** 0DEDKHJENGE8 Kind Book Rights The publisher's Kept 31 Oct 2026, for editors Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHJENGE8/a-linguistic-history-of-ancient-cyprus-the-non-greek/csl.json)