Chlorite amphoriskos (small jar)

Cypriot

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Three signs engraved on the base of the vase are thought to be in Cypro-Minoan script or a very early example of Archaic Phoenician script. Cypro-Minoan script was the form of writing used on Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age. The language is thought to be derived from the Minoan Linear A script of Crete but, like Linear A, it remains undeciphered.

Chlorite amphoriskos (small jar), Chlorite, Cypriot

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Chlorite amphoriskos (small jar), Chlorite, Cypriot
Chlorite amphoriskos (small jar), Chlorite, Cypriot
Chlorite amphoriskos (small jar), Chlorite, Cypriot

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