▁Cy pr us ; ▁in ▁fact , ▁the ▁island ▁culture ▁fl our ished ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁immediately ▁following ▁the ▁dram atic ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁collapse , ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁visible ▁increase ▁in ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁script ▁in ▁such ▁cent ers ▁as ▁En kom i . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁as ▁a ▁direct ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁collapse , ▁the ▁script ▁ceased ▁to ▁exist ▁in ▁U gar it , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁pol is ▁itself . ▁After ▁that ▁point , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁Greek ▁artifact s ▁gradually ▁increased ▁in ▁the ▁C yp ri ot ▁context , ▁and ▁around ▁ 9 5 0 ▁BC ▁the ▁Cy pro - M ino an ▁script ▁suddenly ▁disapp ears , ▁being ▁soon ▁subst it uted ▁by ▁the ▁new ▁C yp ri ot ▁sy ll ab ary , ▁whose ▁ins cri ptions ▁represent ▁mainly ▁the ▁Greek ▁language , ▁with ▁just ▁a ▁few ▁short ▁texts ▁in ▁E te oc yp ri ot . ▁ ▁Language ▁and ▁cultural ▁att ribution ▁As ▁long ▁as ▁the ▁script ▁remains ▁und e ci pher ed ▁( with ▁only ▁about ▁ 1 5 – 2 0 ▁signs ▁having ▁clear ▁par alle ls ▁in ▁cogn ate ▁scripts ), ▁it ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁spec ulated ▁whether ▁the ▁language ▁was ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁M ino an ▁or ▁E te oc yp ri ot , ▁and ▁whether ▁these ▁two ▁were ▁identical . ▁However , ▁Sil via ▁Ferr ara ▁and ▁A . ▁Bernard ▁Kn app ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁" Cy pro - M ino an " ▁( based ▁on