Cypriot syllabary

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a syllabic script in use on Cyprus in the first millennium b.c., used for the writing of Greek and of an unknown language.

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Cypriot-Israeli exchanges have become particularly frequent since 2011 and occur at the presidential and prime ministerial levels.
Natural Gas Is Not Singlehandedly Reshaping The Mediterranean|Allison Good|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In addition to the usual austerity, they proposed a new tax or “haircut” on all Cypriot bank deposits.
The Resolution of the Cyprus Banking Collapse Paves the Way for More Crises|Robert Shapiro|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Large depositors account for a tiny fraction of all Cypriot bank accounts, but more than half of all Cypriot bank deposits.
The EU's Terrible Handling of Cyprus|David Frum|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The deal still has to pass the Cypriot parliament, the IMF, the EU, and various European governments.
New Deal for Cyprus, Bank Run to Follow?|Megan McArdle|March 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST

More likely, investors realise the ‘knock-on’ effects from a Cypriot default are literally incalculable.
Cyprus is Imploding, So Why Aren't Markets Freaking Out?|Megan McArdle|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I found there a Cypriot merchant, named Antony, who had resided in this country a long time, and knew the language well.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.
The chief of the caravan making preparations to depart, I went to take leave of the Cypriot ambassadors.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.
The characters of the syllabary were all arranged and named, and elaborate lists of them were drawn up.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
The kana13 is a syllabary of forty-seven letters, which by diacritical marks, may be increased to seventy.
The Religions of Japan|William Elliot Griffis
Though the syllabary is essentially of Sumerian origin there is much in it which is traceable to a Semitic source.
A Primer of Assyriology|Archibald Henry Sayce