The Phaistos Disc

The Phaistos Disc (Phaestos Disc, Festos Disc) is a curious archeological find, most likely dating from about 1700 BC. Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture, remain unknown, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology.

Schematic representation (false colour image)

Discovery

The Phaistos Disc was discovered in the basement of room XL-101 of the Minoan palace-site of (A short article)

http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_9.htm (A article on a site about strange ancient artefacts)

http://www.interkriti.org/culture/festos/phaist2.htm (The symbols)

http://disque.phaistos.free.fr/phaistos.htm (French site)

Decipherment claims

Several decipherment claims exist. Here are listed only those which attracted some citeable discussion.

• http://users.otenet.gr/~svoronan/phaistos.htm (Overview of attempts to decipher the Phaistos Disc)
• http://home.gvdnet.dk/~hagen/phaistos.htm (A calendar interpretation)
• http://www.openweb.ru/rongo/disk.htm (An interpretation as Slavonic inscription)
• http://www.iris-ward.com/DISK/2014-DISK.htm (An interpretation as Greek inscription)
• http://home.att.net/~phaistosdisk/ph.html (An interpretation as Semitic inscription)
• http://www.kereti.de/indexEngl.html (Compared with Linear A)

See also

Archaeology

Linear A

Bronze Age Writing on Crete: Hieroglyphs, Linear A, and Linear B

Links

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