Cypriot Syllabary

Syllabic script used in Cyprus from the 11th to 4th century BC. Related to Linear B but developed independently. Deciphered by British scholar George Smith in the 1870s, it wrote two languages — ancient Greek and Eteocypriot. Replaced by the Greek alphabet after Alexander the Great's eastern campaigns. Cyprus remains a divided island in the Greek-Turkish dispute, and this ancient script represents the common pre-division heritage of all Cypriots.