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One of the most infamous examples of the Cypriot syllabary, as written in Ancient Greek (as opposed to Eteocypriot). Please note that small vertical lines in between words have been replaced with spaces, because the Unicode character 𐄀 (AEGEAN WORD SEPARATOR LINE) messes up the right-to-left formatting of the Cypriot text. Also, in spaces where a vertical bar is found (likely originally 𐄇 (AEGEAN NUMBER ONE)) it is replaced with | (VERTICAL LINE). Please double-check the transcription and transliteration of this work for yourself. It may not be entirely accurate.

382799Idalion Tablet5th century B.C.

Cypriot syllabary

Note that Cypriot text is written right-to-left.

Face A

𐠃𐠮 𐠭𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠚𐠁𐠭𐠑𐠃𐠚 𐠊𐠮𐠵𐠦𐠍𐠚𐠔𐠰𐠂 𐠊𐠩𐠋𐠯𐠁𐠳𐠩 𐠂𐠰𐠂 𐠠𐠒𐠎𐠍𐠦𐠚𐠳𐠮𐠂𐠰𐠃𐠙𐠨𐠍
𐠣𐠄 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠄𐠩 𐠨𐠭𐠪𐠎𐠍𐠦𐠩 𐠊𐠩𐠀𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠩 𐠁𐠭𐠑𐠁𐠳𐠩𐠀𐠜𐠍𐠚𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠚 𐠰𐠜𐠙𐠪𐠁𐠍
𐠦𐠚𐠰𐠛𐠅𐠮𐠣𐠚 𐠊𐠩 𐠰𐠩𐠊𐠪𐠋𐠚𐠰𐠩 𐠂𐠅𐠨𐠭𐠂 𐠰𐠩 𐠀𐠰𐠦𐠍𐠩 𐠰𐠩𐠂𐠭𐠂 𐠔𐠊𐠂 𐠂𐠌
𐠔𐠕𐠷𐠩 𐠀𐠚𐠄 𐠖𐠪𐠰𐠚 𐠊𐠨𐠞𐠂 𐠁𐠄𐠳𐠤𐠭𐠨𐠱 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠄𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠀𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠩 𐠃𐠙𐠪
[space]𐠒𐠂 𐠊𐠩 𐠰𐠂𐠩 𐠊𐠪𐠋𐠚𐠰𐠂𐠩 𐠀𐠊𐠰𐠖𐠪𐠰𐠚 𐠊𐠀𐠯 𐠭𐠄𐠋𐠦𐠚 𐠰𐠳𐠙𐠂 𐠁𐠸𐠰𐠂
𐠵𐠂𐠍𐠂 𐠰𐠂𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠵𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠁𐠸𐠭𐠂𐠍𐠑𐠴 𐠀𐠣𐠎𐠦 𐠭|𐠭 𐠁𐠱𐠲𐠜𐠂𐠝 𐠀𐠯𐠰
𐠀𐠣𐠀𐠦𐠚 𐠰𐠮 𐠰𐠭𐠏𐠰𐠚 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠄𐠩 𐠊𐠩𐠀𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠩 𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠂 𐠊𐠩 𐠰𐠂𐠩𐠊𐠪
[space]𐠋𐠚𐠰𐠂𐠩 𐠀𐠢𐠭𐠂 𐠼𐠂 𐠭𐠂𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠵𐠩 𐠭𐠂𐠰𐠂𐠦𐠛 𐠰𐠂 𐠀𐠏𐠠𐠥𐠅𐠭𐠂 𐠰𐠍𐠦𐠚
𐠰𐠛𐠰𐠂 𐠁𐠐𐠂 𐠰𐠊𐠣𐠄𐠃𐠕𐠜𐠚 𐠃𐠊𐠰𐠩 𐠀𐠏𐠵 𐠊𐠩 𐠭𐠮𐠤𐠏𐠛𐠅 𐠭𐠁𐠠𐠃𐠭
[space]𐠞𐠭 𐠁𐠋𐠚 𐠞𐠜𐠛𐠃𐠚 𐠄𐠲𐠂𐠩 𐠼𐠚 𐠀𐠮𐠐𐠚 𐠁𐠋 𐠪𐠩 𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠚𐠁𐠰𐠩
𐠊𐠪𐠋𐠚𐠰𐠩 𐠁𐠰𐠩 𐠞𐠂𐠭𐠩 𐠰𐠞𐠂𐠰𐠚 𐠰𐠜𐠙𐠪𐠎𐠍𐠦𐠚 𐠁𐠸𐠰𐠂 𐠍𐠦𐠂 𐠰𐠂𐠮
𐠩 𐠁𐠰𐠂𐠩 𐠞𐠂𐠪 𐠰𐠙𐠣𐠎𐠦𐠚 𐠰𐠮 𐠀𐠣𐠎𐠦 𐠭|𐠭

𐠊𐠩 𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠂 𐠃𐠂𐠵𐠂 𐠀𐠚𐠄 𐠰𐠊𐠪𐠋𐠚𐠰𐠚 𐠰𐠙𐠂𐠒𐠚 𐠁𐠳𐠤𐠭𐠨𐠱 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠄
𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠀𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠩 𐠰𐠳𐠙𐠂 𐠀𐠯 𐠭𐠄𐠂𐠦𐠚 𐠰𐠖𐠪𐠰𐠚 𐠀𐠣𐠎𐠦 𐠟|||𐠭𐠟
𐠪𐠁 𐠁𐠰𐠍𐠂𐠝 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠄𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠀𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠩 𐠃𐠙𐠪||

Face B

𐠒𐠂 𐠀𐠯 𐠰𐠀𐠣𐠎𐠦 𐠰𐠮 𐠀𐠢𐠭𐠂 𐠼𐠀 𐠭𐠂𐠞𐠪𐠐 𐠵𐠩 𐠭𐠂𐠔𐠏𐠛𐠅
𐠂 𐠭𐠂 𐠟𐠯𐠅𐠂 𐠰𐠍𐠦𐠚 𐠰𐠊𐠣𐠄𐠿𐠕𐠜𐠚 𐠀𐠕𐠛𐠅 𐠀𐠏𐠵 𐠊𐠩 𐠭𐠮𐠤
𐠏𐠛𐠅 𐠭𐠁𐠠𐠃𐠭 𐠞𐠭 𐠰𐠍𐠁𐠍𐠕𐠜𐠚 𐠍𐠩 𐠰𐠦𐠵 𐠰𐠱𐠕𐠖𐠃𐠚 𐠊𐠩𐠍
𐠩 𐠭𐠛𐠁𐠤𐠴𐠅𐠚 𐠭𐠩 𐠀𐠭𐠙𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠰𐠊𐠍𐠚 𐠰𐠛𐠪𐠖𐠰𐠩𐠀𐠦𐠄𐠣
𐠂𐠰𐠯𐠳𐠂𐠮𐠖𐠩 𐠃𐠀𐠣𐠔𐠚𐠄𐠩𐠁𐠋 𐠀𐠏𐠵 𐠰𐠍𐠁𐠍𐠕𐠜𐠚 𐠍𐠩 𐠞𐠨𐠍𐠣
𐠚 𐠰𐠜𐠙𐠨𐠍𐠣𐠄 𐠊𐠩 𐠭𐠮𐠤𐠌𐠛𐠅 𐠭𐠁𐠠𐠃𐠭 𐠞𐠭 𐠁𐠋𐠚 𐠞𐠜𐠛𐠃𐠩 𐠄
𐠲𐠂𐠩 𐠼𐠚 𐠀𐠮𐠑𐠅 𐠂𐠃𐠭 𐠁𐠋 𐠪𐠩 𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠚 𐠁𐠰𐠩 𐠞𐠂𐠭𐠩 𐠰𐠩 𐠃
𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠚 𐠁𐠸𐠭𐠂 𐠼𐠂 𐠭𐠂𐠮 𐠂𐠁𐠸 𐠰𐠂 𐠊𐠍𐠂 𐠰𐠂𐠮 𐠁𐠸 𐠃𐠧𐠸 𐠂
𐠮 𐠃𐠁𐠸 𐠃𐠧𐠸 𐠟𐠂𐠩𐠂𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠒𐠂 𐠁𐠰𐠂𐠩 𐠞𐠂𐠪 𐠰𐠙𐠣𐠎𐠦𐠚 𐠰𐠮 𐠀𐠣𐠎𐠦
𐠚𐠟||||𐠟||𐠯𐠁 𐠂𐠮 𐠭𐠭𐠏𐠰𐠚 𐠭𐠮 𐠭𐠳𐠠𐠅 𐠭𐠮 𐠂𐠙𐠏𐠑𐠪𐠕𐠙
𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠄𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠀𐠍𐠰𐠑𐠩 𐠊𐠮𐠯𐠅𐠚 𐠂𐠭𐠯𐠃𐠚 𐠭𐠙𐠭𐠙𐠚 𐠭𐠚𐠟𐠤
[space]𐠭𐠑𐠃𐠚 𐠬𐠜𐠦𐠍𐠂𐠩 𐠕𐠓𐠨𐠂 𐠭𐠩 𐠳𐠤𐠭𐠩 𐠭𐠨𐠮 𐠄𐠲𐠂𐠩 𐠼𐠚
[space]𐠃𐠠𐠪𐠪𐠋 𐠭𐠩 𐠳𐠤𐠭𐠩𐠭𐠨𐠮 𐠓𐠩 𐠀𐠜𐠪𐠅𐠵𐠂𐠋𐠜𐠂𐠱𐠭𐠨𐠋
𐠼𐠩𐠭𐠨𐠮 𐠊𐠩 𐠰𐠩 𐠊𐠍𐠩 𐠰𐠫𐠮 𐠃𐠂 𐠃𐠙𐠪𐠎𐠍𐠦𐠚 𐠞𐠂𐠮𐠩 𐠊𐠩 𐠰𐠞𐠂𐠰𐠚 𐠃𐠂𐠞
[space]𐠁𐠋𐠫𐠪 𐠀𐠂𐠳𐠂 𐠃𐠂𐠰𐠂𐠦𐠛 𐠰𐠂 𐠁𐠭𐠑𐠁𐠴 𐠂𐠃𐠪 [illegible]𐠂𐠮

Romanizations

Intersyllabic transcription

Intersyllabic transcription is the method by which Cypriot text is most commonly transcribed, as to illustrate which syllabic characters correspond to Latin.

Face A

o-te ta-ko-to-li-ne-e-ta-li-o-ne ka-te-wo-ro-ko-ne-ma-to-i ka-se-ke-ti-e-we-se i-to-i pi-lo-ku-ko-ro-ne-we-te-i-to-o-na-sa-ko-
ra-u pa-si-le-u-se sa-ta-si-ku-ko-ro-se ka-se-a-ko-to-li-se e-ta-li-e-we-se-a-no-ko-ne-o-na-si-lo-ne to-no-na-si-e-ko-
ro-ne-to-ni-ja-te-ra-ne ka-se to-se-ka-si-ke-ne-to-se i-ja-sa-ta-i to-se a-to-ro-ko-se to-se-i-ta-i ma-ka-i i-ki-
ma-me-ksa-se a-ne-u mi-si-to-ne ka-sa-pa-i e-u-we-re-ta-sa-tu pa-si-le-u-se ka-se a-ko-to-li-se o-na-si-
lo-i ka-se to-i-se ka-si-ke-ne-to-i-se a-ka-to-mi-si-to-ne ka-a-ti ta-u-ke-ro-ne to-we-na-i e-kse-to-i
wo-i-ko-i to-i-pa-si-le-wo-se ka-se e-kse-ta-i-ko-li-wi a-ra-ku-ro ta-1-ta e-tu-wa-no-i-nu a-ti-to-
a-ra-a-ro-ne to-te to-ta-la-to-ne pa-si-le-u-se ka-se-a-ko-to-li-se o-na-si-lo-i ka-se to-i-se-ka-si-
ke-ne-to-i-se a-pu-ta-i za-i ta-i-pa-si-le-wo-se ta-i-to-i-ro-ni to-i a-la-pi-ri-ja-ta-i to-ko-ro-ne
to-ni-to-i e-le-i to-ka-ra-u-o-me-no-ne o-ka-to-se a-la-wo ka-se ta-te-re-la-ni-ja ta-e-pi-o-ta-
pa-ta e-ke-ne pa-no-ni-o-ne u-wa-i-se za-ne a-te-le-ne e-ke si-se o-na-si-lo-ne-e-to-se
ka-si-ke-ne-to-se e-to-se pa-i-ta-se to-pa-i-to-ne to-no-na-si-ku-ko-ro-ne e-kse-to-i ko-ro-i to-i-te-
se e-to-i-se pa-i-si to-na-ra-ku-ro-ne to-te a-ra-ku-ro ta-1-ta

ka-se o-na-si-lo-i o-i-wo-i a-ne-u to-ka-si-ke-ne-to-ne to-na-i-lo-ne e-we-re-ta-sa-tu pa-si-le-u-
se ka-se a-ko-to-li-se to-we-na-i a-ti ta-u-i-ro-ne to-mi-si-to-ne a-ra-ku-ro pe-3-ta-pe-
2-si-e e-to-ko-i-nu pa-si-le-u-se ka-se a-ko-to-li-se o-na-si-

Face B

lo-i a-ti to-a-ra-ku-ro to-te a-pu-ta-i za-a ta-i-pa-si-le wo-se ta-i-ma-la-ni-ja-
i ta-i pe-ti-ja-i to-ko-ro-ne to-ka-ra-u-kso-me-no-ne a-me-ni-ja a-la-wo ka-se ta-te-re-
la-ni-ja ta-e-pi-o-ta pa-ta to-ko-e-ko-me-no-ne ko-se to-ro-wo to-tu-me-mi-o-ne ka-se-ko-
se ta-ni-e-re-wi-ja-ne ta-se a-ta-na-se ka-se to-ka-ko-ne to-ni-si-mi-to-se-a-ro-u-ra-
i-to-ti-we-i-te-mi-se o-a-ra-ma-ne-u-se-e-ke a-la-wo to-ko-e-ko-me-no-ne ko-se pa-sa-ko-ra-
ne to-no-na-sa-ko-ra-u ka-se ta-te-re-ki-ni-ja ta-e-pi-o-ta pa-ta e-ke-ne pa-no-ni-o-se u-
wa-i-se za-ne a-te-li-ja i-o-ta e-ke si-se o-na-si-lo-ne e-to-se pa-i-ta-se to-se o-
na-si-lo-ne e-kse-ta-i za-i ta-i-te i-e-kse to-i ka-ko-i to-i-te e-kse o-ru-kse i-
te o-e-kse o-ru-kse pe-i-se-i-o-na-si-lo-i e-to-i-se pa-i-si to-na-ra-ku-ro-ne to-te a-ra-ku-ro-
ne-pe-4-pe-2-ti-e i-te ta-ta-la-to-ne ta-te ta-we-pi-ja ta-te i-na-la-li-si-me-na-
pa-si-le-u-se ka-se a-ko-to-li-se ka-te-ti-ja-ne i-ta-ti-o-ne ta-na-ta-na-ne ta-ne-pe-re-
ta-li-o-ne su-no-ro-ko-i-se me-lu-sa-i ta-se we-re-ta-se ta-sa-te u-wa-i-se za-ne
o-pi-si-si-ke ta-se we-re-ta-se-ta-sa-te lu-se a-no-si-ja-wo-i-ke-no-i-tu-ta-sa-ke
za-se-ta-sa-te ka-se to-se ka-ko-se to-so-te o-i o-na-si-ku-ko-ro-ne pa-i-te-se ka-se to-pa-i-to-ne o-i-pa-
i-te-[illegible] e-ke-so-si a-i-we-i o-i-to-i-ro-ni to-i e-ta-li-e-wi i-o-si

Non-intersyllabic transcription

Face A

ote takotolineetalione kateworokonematoi kaseketiewese itoi pilokukoroneweteitoonasako-
rau pasileuse satasikukorose kaseakotolise etalieweseanokoneonasilone tononasieko-
ronetonijaterane kase tosekasikenetose ijasatai tose atorokose toseitai makai iki-
mameksase aneu misitone kasapai euweretasatu pasileuse kase akotolise onasi-
loi kase toise kasikenetoise akatomisitone kaati taukerone towenai eksetoi
woikoi toipasilewose kase eksetaikoliwi arakuro ta1ta etuwanoinu atito-
araarone tote totalatone pasileuse kaseakotolise onasiloi kase toisekasi-
kenetoise aputai zai taipasilewose taitoironi toi alapirijatai tokorone
tonitoi elei tokarauomenone okatose alawo kase taterelanija taepiota-
pata ekene panonione uwaise zane atelene eke sise onasiloneetose
kasikenetose etose paitase topaitone tononasikukorone eksetoi koroi toite-
se etoise paisi tonarakurone tote arakuro ta1ta

kase onasiloi oiwoi aneu tokasikenetone tonailone eweretasatu pasileu-
se kase akotolise towenai ati tauirone tomisitone arakuro pe3tape-
2sie etokoinu pasileuse kase akotolise onasi-

Face B

loi ati toarakuro tote aputai zaa taipasile wose taimalanija-
i tai petijai tokorone tokarauksomenone amenija alawo kase tatere-
lanija taepiota pata tokoekomenone kose torowo totumemione kaseko-
se tanierewijane tase atanase kase tokakone tonisimitosearoura-
itotiweitemise oaramaneuseeke alawo tokoekomenone kose pasakora-
ne tononasakorau kase taterekinija taepiota pata ekene panoniose u-
waise zane atelija iota eke sise onasilone etose paitase tose o-
nasilone eksetai zai taite iekse toi kakoi toite ekse orukse i-
te oekse orukse peiseionasiloi etoise paisi tonarakurone tote arakuro-
nepe4pe2tie ite tatalatone tate tawepija tate inalalisimena-
pasileuse kase akotolise katetijane itatione tanatanane tanepere-
talione sunorokoise melusai tase weretase tasate uwaise zane
opisisike tase weretasetasate luse anosijawoikenoitutasake
zasetasate kase tose kakose tosote oi onasikukorone paitese kase topaitone oipa-
ite[illegible] ekesosi aiwei oitoironi toi etaliewi iosi