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The Opheltas obelos from Palaepaphos-Skales is a leading candidate for the earliest direct Greek-language inscription on Cyprus.
The Opheltas obelos from Palaepaphos-Skales is a leading candidate for the earliest direct Greek-language inscription on Cyprus.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
Cypriot Syllabary — Stephen Colvin (2007)Provides the linguistic synthesis.
Locator: Opheltas and early Greek syllabic writing - supports · provides context
Palaepaphos-Skales: Tombs of the Late Cypriote IIIB and Cypro-Geometric Periods (Excavations of 2008 and 2011) — Vassos Karageorghis, Efstathios Raptou (2016)Provides the archaeological context.
Locator: Skales cemetery chronology
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