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pa_kition_kathari_direct_language_attestation

Phoenician inscriptions directly attest language by the ninth century BCE.

Evidence confidence: very high
Awaiting expert reviewCyprus research expansion, 1600-800 BCE
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Research description

Phoenician inscriptions directly attest language by the ninth century BCE.

Evidence and sources

  • informs · supports assignment
    Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)

    Phoenician inscriptions directly attest language by the ninth century BCE.


    Locator: Epigraphic evidence

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