▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁at ▁the ▁ancient ▁site ▁of ▁En kom i , ▁near ▁the ▁east ▁coast ▁of ▁Cy pr us . ▁It ▁was ▁dated ▁to ▁ca . ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁BC , ▁and ▁bore ▁three ▁lines ▁of ▁writing . ▁Other ▁fragments ▁of ▁cl ay ▁table ts ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁at ▁En kom i ▁and ▁U gar it . ▁ ▁Clay ▁balls ▁ ▁Do z ens ▁of ▁small ▁cl ay ▁balls , ▁each ▁bearing ▁ 3 – 5 ▁signs ▁in ▁C M 1 , ▁have ▁been ▁un cover ed ▁at ▁En kom i ▁and ▁K ition . ▁ ▁Clay ▁cyl ind ers ▁ ▁Clay ▁cyl inder ▁se als ▁have ▁been ▁un cover ed ▁at ▁En kom i ▁and ▁Kal av ass os - A y ios ▁Dim it rios , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁bear ▁length y ▁texts ▁( more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁characters ). ▁It ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁the ▁balls ▁and ▁cyl inder ▁se als ▁are ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁keeping ▁of ▁economic ▁records ▁on ▁M ino an ▁Cy pr us , ▁considering ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁cross - re ferences ▁between ▁the ▁texts . ▁ ▁De ci pher ment ▁ ▁The ▁ext ant ▁cor pus ▁of ▁Cy pro - M ino an ▁is ▁not ▁large ▁enough ▁to ▁allow ▁for ▁the ▁isolated ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁crypt ographic ▁solution ▁to ▁de ci pher ment . ▁Currently , ▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁signs ▁on ▁formal ▁Cy pro - M ino an ▁ins cri ptions ▁( approx . ▁ 2