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Eteocypriot was a language spoken in Iron Age Cyprus. It was written in the Cypriot syllabary, a syllabic script derived from Linear A (via the Cypro-Minoan variant Linear C). The language was under pressure from Arcadocypriot Greek from ca. the 10th century BC and was finally extinct in ca. the 4th century BC Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...
The Cypriot syllabary is a syllabic script used in Iron Age Cyprus, from ca. ...
Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini. ...
The Cypro-Minoan syllabary, also known as CM I or Linear C is the Late Bronze Age syllabary used on Minoan Cyprus (in use roughly from the 15th to the 12th centuries BC). ...
Arcadocypriot was an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia and Cyprus between ca. ...
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The Amathus Bilingual
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- The Eteo-Cypriot text:
- A-NA MA-TO-RI U-MI-E-SA-I MU-KU-LA-I LA-SA-NA
- Ana mator-i um-iesa-i Mukula-i Lasana
- At his city dedicated the Tyrrhenians in Mukula
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- A-RI-SI-TO-NO-SE A-RA-TO-WA-NA-KA-A-RA-TO-WA-NA-KA-SO-KO-O-SE KE-RA KE-RE-TU-LO-SE
- Ariston-ose Artowanaksoko-ose, kera keretul-ose.
- To Ariston Artowanax, of good birth.
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- TA KA-NA KU-NO SO-TI A-LO KA-I-LI PO-TI
- Ta kana kuno sot-i, ail-o kail-i pot-i
- That gift [was] given to the tomb, lowered into the earth by the chief.
- The Greek text:
- 'Η πολις 'η Αμαθουσιων Αριστωνα Αριστωνακτος, ευπατριδην.
- The polis of Amathusians, to Ariston (son of) Aristonax, nobleman.
Other Known Texts - One:
- WI-TI-LE RA-NU TA-NA MU-NO-TI A-I-LO
- Witile Ranu tan mun-oti ail-o.
- Witile Ranu in this plot was lowered.
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- E-KI YA-NO-TI MA-NA
- Eki an-oti, man-a.
- Here in his [plot], [he] lies.
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- KO-TO-U-PA-RA-MI RA-NU TA-NA MU-NO-TI
- Kotouparami? Ranu tan mun-oti.
- (?) Ranu in this plot.
- Two:
- A-NA TA-SI TU-SA E-KI WI-YA-KI MA-NA
- Ana tas-i tus-a. Eki, Wiyaki man-a.
- In his tomb [he is] buried. Here, Wiyaki lies.
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- A-PO-I E-KI MA-RI MA-NA
- Apo-i eki Mari man-a.
- With father here Mari lies.
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- TU-MI-RA I-MI-KA-NI PU-E-NE-MI-NA PA-NA-MO
- Tumir imikani puenemi-na panam-o.
- NOUNS (?) ADJECTIVE PASSIVE.
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- KA-NI-O TA-RA-WI KA-WA-LI-YA MA-NA MI-[.]
- Kanio taraw-i Kawaliya man-a mi[.]
- A gift to be given Kawaliya lies (?).
- Three:
- TU A-LI-RA-NI O-I-TE TU-SU TA-LE-YA PA-KU-KE
- Tu Alirani oite tus-u, Taleya Pakuke.
- Here Alirani['s] mother [is] buried, Taleya Pakuke.
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- A-NO-TI TA-SO-TI A-PU-E-MA O-I-TE A-LI-RA-NI MA-NA
- An-oti tas-oti, apuema oite Alirani man-a.
- In this tomb, (?) the mother [of] Alirani lies.
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- A-SO-NA TU-KA I-MI-NO-NA A-YA-I-A KO-[.]-[.]
- Aiso-na tuka imino-na ayai-a ko[..]
- The divine NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB (?)
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- A-NA TA-SO A-SO-NA TU-KA I-MI-NO-NA
- Ana taso aiso-na tuka imino-na.
- Her tomb the divine NOUN ADJECTIVE.
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- TU-MI-RA O-I-TE I-MI-KA-NI O-I-TE TA-KO E-NE-MI-NA O-I-TE
- Tumir oite imikani, oite tak-o, enemina oite.
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- TA-RA-WO E-NE-MI-NA [.]-KA-LA-WA-TI-KE MU-SO-TI
- Taraw-o enemi-na [.]kalawatike mus-oti.
- Given ADJECTIVE (?) in the (?).
Vocabulary -
- *ail, to lower (ail-o 'lowered')
- aisona, divine, of gods [Etr <aisuna> 'divine']
- ana, [3ps pronoun] (an-oti 'in his') [Etr <an> 'he, she']
- Ariston, Ariston [Greek male name]
- Artowanax, Aristonax [Greek family name]
- eki, here [Etr <cei>]
- *kail, land, earth (kail-i 'into the earth') [Etr <cel-i> 'into the earth']
- *kan, to give (kan-a, kan-io 'gift', kun-o 'given') [Etr <cen-u> 'given']
- Lasana, Tyrrhenian [Etr <Rašna> 'Tyrrhenian']
- *Mukula, [region] (Mukula-i 'in Mukula')
- *man, to lie (man-a 'lies') [Etr <mene>]
- *mun, land, plot, burial site (mun-oti 'in the earth') [Etr <muni>, <munθ>]
- oite, mother [Etr <ati> 'mother']
- poti, chief
- *sot, tomb (soti 'to the tomb') [Etr <suθ> 'tomb']
- ta, that (tan 'that', tan-oti 'in(to) that') [Etr <ta>]
- *taraw, to give (taraw-i 'to be given', taraw-o 'given') [Etr <tur-u> 'given']
- tu, here [Etr <θui> 'here']
- *um, to dedicate (um-iesa-i 'dedicated') [Lem <aumai> 'dedicated']
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References - Jones Tom B., Notes on the Eteocypriot inscriptions, American journal of philology. -LXXI-1950.- C.401 - 407
External links - этеокипрское ('EteoCypriot', in Russian)
- Omniglot -- The Cypriot Syllabry
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