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- Title
The Cypro-Minoan Tablet No. 1885 (Enkomi): An Analysis.
- Authors
Duhoux, Yves
- Abstract
The article offers information on the features and analysis of the Cypro-Minoan tablet no. 1885 in Enkomi, Cyprus. It says that the clay tablet no. 1885 was founded in 1955 by P. Dikaios in Enkomi, Cyprus and is written in one of the Cypro-Minoan (= CM) scripts. It states that the tablet is made out of baked clay in not later than 1525 to 1425 B. C., in which its dimensions measures ca 7.7. centimeter in width by [5.8] centimeter in height by 3.5 centimeters in thickness, having 23 total number of signs. It mentions the tablet has been discovered in room 103 of the West part of the Fortress of Enkomi, Cyprus. It adds that the text found in the tablet is written on the recto and on the right edge with 21 signs divided in three horizontal ruled lines of 8, 7 and 6 signs.
- Subjects
CYPRUS; CYPRO-Minoan inscriptions; CLAY tablets; ANCIENT inscriptions; GREEK paleography; DIKAIOS, P.; WRITING materials &; instruments; LANGUAGE research; ENKOMI Site (Cyprus)
- Publication
Kadmos, 2010, Vol 48, Issue 1/2, p5
- ISSN
0022-7498
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/KADMOS.2009.002