Findings from Phaistos
(Festos)
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The Disc of Phaistos
today on display at the Iraklion Archaeological Museum
The disc of Phaistos is the most important example of hieroglyphic inscription from Crete and was discovered in 1903 in a small room near the depositories of the "archive chamber", in the north - east apartments of the palace, together with a Linear A tablet and pottery dated to the beginning of the Neo-palatial period (1700- 1600 B.C.).
Both surfaces of this clay disc are covered with hieroglyphs arranged in a spiral zone, impressed on the clay when it was damp. The signs make up groups devided from each other by vertical lines, and each of these groups should represent a word.
Forty five different types of signs have been distinguished, of which a few can be identified with the hieroglyphs in use in the Proto- palatial period.
Some hieroglyphic sequences recur like refrains, suggesting a religious hymn, and Pernier regards the content of the text as ritual. Others have suggested that the text is a list of soldiers, and lately Davis has interpreted it as a document in the Hittic language in which a king discusses the erection of the Palace of Phaistos.
("MINOAN CIVILIZATION- Minoan Writing" by Prof. Stylianos Alexiou | V.Kouvidis - V.Manouras publishers)
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Other Findings from the Site
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Jag of "Kamares" style
Jag of  "Floral" style
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