Cypriot Syllabary Limestone Block

Cypriot Syllabary Limestone Block

Description:

Monumental limestone block, originally from the door of a tomb, bearing an inscribed epitaph in the Cypriot Syllabary; single line of characters partially framed by parallel incised lines; fourteen signs of approximately the same size; fourth sign partially damaged.


Dimensions: Height: 24 centimetres; Width: 29 centimetres


Object Type: block


Techniques: incised


Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription language: Ancient Greek Inscription script: Cypriot Syllabic Inscription transliteration: ti-mo-wa-na-ko-to-se-to-ti-ma-se-u-e-mi Inscription translation: I am (the tomb) Timowanax son of Timases (?) Inscription note: After Masson 1983, pp. 169-170

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 300 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Marion-Arsinoe

Accession Number:

1972,0201.1