Epigraphy

The "Inscription of Idalion", also known as the "Tablet of Idalion" bears the longest and best preserved Cypriote syllabic text known so far ...

The epigraphic evidence known from ancient Cyprus consists of over 5,000 inscriptions: syllabic, Phoenician, alphabetic Greek and Latin. The first two groups are extremely important for the study ...

The epigraphy of the Cypriote syllabaries counts now more than 200 years since modern rediscovery of the relevant evidence. A voyage by Josef von Hammer in 1800 which resulted in the detection of the first Cypriote syllabic inscription, was followed by the publication ...