
Archaic II
Cypriot Syllabic Grave Marker
Limestone grave marker with an inscription in Cypriot Syllabic script; the greyish limestone is cut into an approximately rectangular shape with irregular sides; cracked and repaired on both ends of the inscribed side; text complete: three lines of inscribed signs enclosed within four regular parallel incised horizontal lines; sign groups separated by vertical dividers similarly executed; thirteen signs in the top line, fourteen in the middle and eleven in the lower. Object Type: block; gravestone Techniques: carved; incised Inscription: Inscription type: inscription Inscription language: Ancient Greek Inscription script: Cypriot Syllabic Inscription transliteration: (1) ku-po-ro-ko-ra-ti-wo-se e-mi o-la-o (2) o-le o-mo-i-po-si-se o-na-si-ti-mo-se (3) li-wi-so-ni-ta-se ti-pa-se e-mi Inscription translation: I am the (tomb) stone of Kyprokratis, wife of Onasitimos son of Diwisonidas (?), I bore him two children Inscription note: After Masson 1983, p. 140
Classification
- Object type
- Inscribed object
- Decoration
- Incised
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 600 - 500 BC
- Findspot
- Dhrymou
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