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The Cypro-Minoan syllabary ( CM ), more commonly called the Cypro-Minoan Script, is an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus and at its trading partners during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age (c. 1550–1050 BC).
It is thought to be descended from the Cypro-Minoan syllabary, itself a variant or derivative of Linear A. Most texts using the script are in the Arcadocypriot dialect of Greek, but also one bilingual (Greek and Eteocypriot) inscription was found in Amathus.
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The Cypro-Minoan syllabary, used between Cyprus and its trading partners around the Mediterranean, was also in use during this period. The sequence and the geographical spread of Cretan hieroglyphs, Linear A, and Linear B, the three overlapping but distinct writing systems on Bronze Age Crete and the Greek mainland , can be summarized as ...
Cypriot syllabary, system of writing used on the island of Cyprus, chiefly from the 6th to the 3rd century bc. The syllabary consists of 56 signs, each of which represents a different syllable. Most inscriptions written with this syllabary are in the Greek language, although the syllabary was.
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Jan 24, 2015 · Of 2014 publications one could now add Duhoux’s succinct entries on “Cypro-Minoan syllabary” and “Eteocypriot” ( Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics, edited by G.K. Giannakis, volume 1, Leiden 2014, pp.408-409, 571-572). 9.
Cypriot syllabary. The Cypriot syllabary was used in Cyprus from about 1500 and 300 BC and is thought to have developed from the Linear A. The earliest known inscriptions from between 1500 and 1200 BC are in an unknown language called 'Eteo-Cypriot', or 'True Cypriot', and the script in which they are written is called Cypro-Minoan.
scripts: Cypro-Minoan 1–3 27 yves duhoux 3 Writing in Cypro-Minoan: one script, too many? 49 silvia ferrara 4 Late Cypriot writing in context 77 susan sherratt 5 From the Cypro-Minoan to the Cypro-Greek syllabaries: linguistic remarks on the script reform 107 markus egetmeyer 6 The Cypriot Syllabary as a royal signature:
