Amathus bilingual

The Amathus bilingual was an inscription on black marble from ancient Cyprus.

It features a bilingual dedication inscribed in both Eteocypriot and Greek. Discovered and published in 1914 by Ernst Sittig, the inscription has been important to the decipherment of Eteocypriot, thought to be related to Luwian. The monument was lost during its transport to the United States.

The inscription is thought to date to shortly after the expulsion of Amathus’s last king, Androkles, around 312–311 BCE.

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