Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions: Volume 2: The CorpusThis volume is the first comprehensive archaeological catalogue of all the extant inscriptions written in the un-deciphered syllabary of Late Bronze Age Cyprus (1500-1200 BC): the so-called Cypro-Minoan script. In conjunction with Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions Volume 1: Analysis, this volume focuses on the physical reality of the inscribed objects containing Cypro-Minoan and the archaeological contexts in which they were found. Offering a detailed, systematic, and rigorous examination of both the objects and their functions in the material record, it proposes a new way of examining the inscriptions. This comprehensive standpoint therefore considers not only the inscriptions themselves, but more importantly the contexts and functions of the inscribed objects, which are significant for the documentary evidence they bear and the part they play as physical entities manufactured, shaped, and used by past peoples for a defined purpose. Organized in a catalogue format, each object is analysed, illustrated, and accompanied by a detailed commentary on the context of recovery and typological characteristics with full bibliographical references. While a standalone reference work, it aims to showcase the inscribed objects discussed in Volume 1: Analysis, fully illustrating them in a series of photographs, including 50 colour plates, and drawings. |
Contents
Introduction An Archaeological Corpus | 1 |
The Inscriptions | 13 |
Catalogue | 127 |
List of CyproMinoan Objects and their Possible Functions | 283 |
List of Sign Variants | 295 |
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ADDENDUM | 305 |
Common terms and phrases
1953 Archaeological Excavation Archaeological Excavation C. F. A. Athienou Bibliography Dikaios 1969 Bibliography Karageorghis BOULE ENKOMI ENKO boule inv bronze bowl C. F. A. Schaeffer Chronology CATALOGUE NUMBER Chronology LBA unspecified Chronology LCIIIA Dimensions Chronology LCIIIA–LCIIIB Dimensions Clay cylinder clear context Context Dikaios Area Cylinder seal Cypriot Cypriot Syllabary Date Excavated Date Excavated 1961 Date Excavated Unspecified Dimensions 2 diameter District Museum Context division marker ENKO Abou Enkomi Administrative Epigraphic Remarks Excavated 1961 Archaeological Excavated Unspecified Archaeological Excavation C. F. A. Schaeffer Find-spot See Figures Found in association H Bibliography Hala Sultan Tekke Idalion IIIa inAnalysis inscribed inscription INVENTORY NUMBER Karageorghis and Demas KITION KITI Larnaka District Museum LCIIC Location Cyprus Museum Location Larnaka District logogram Masson Mycenaean name Clay boule Nicosia Context Dikaios Object reported missing Olivier Personal name Clay pithos Scale 1:1 Illustration Schaeffer Chronology LBA Schaeffer Chronology LCIIIA–LCIIIB topographic point Transcription Typological and Epigraphic