Bilingual inscription

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In epigraphy, a bilingual is an inscription that is extant in two languages (or trilingual in the case of three languages, etc.). Bilinguals are important for the decipherment of ancient writing systems.

important bilinguals:

• the Rosetta Stone
• the Behistun Inscription
• the Xanthos Obelisk
• the Letoon trilingual
• the Karatepe inscriptions, in Phoenician and Hieroglyphic Luwian
• the Amathus Bilingual, in Eteocypriot and Greek
• the Pyrgi Tablets, in Etruscan and Phoenician
• the Kaunos Bilingual, in Carian and Greek