Photo: PRA / Wikimedia Commons. This is related to the same symbolism and is represented in the constellation of the Northern Crown, located above Virgo, the mother goddess. Furthermore, the notion that the Disk and Linear A must encode the same language is an assumption: the Minoans may very well have spoken more than one language, which would make the existence of multiple scripts easier to understand. D#38 This sign is a depiction of a ‘rosette’. Most of what can be said about the content of the Phaistos Disk is entirely within the realm of speculation. Structuring the text of the Phaistos disk shows that it was copied by the disc manufacturer, or with inscriptions made in the form of three bilateral axes, or with inscriptions on the very similar axes (labrys) from palace or cave sanctuaries. This writing system consists of a collection of sign themes that number about 60 phonetic syllabic symbols (signs that appear in sign groups). The results are consistent with conventions of linear B grammar and Indo-European which in turn correspond with attested historical practices. It is probably related to the CHS sign CHIC#070. Çatalhöyük Mural: The Earliest Representation of a Volcanic Eruption? D#5 This is the ‘walking child’ sign. Owens is also uncertain about this sign. D#30 This sign appears to be the Disk’s version of a ‘ram’s horn’ sign. Owens correctly identifies this sign as equating to AB27. La remarquable mémoire auditive du diamant mandarin, Tesla pourrait développer en Europe un modèle compact, selon Musk. In a TEDx talk in Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete, Gareth Owens presented a summary of his six-year-long research with collaborator John Coleman, a phonetics specialist at Oxford University, and what they claim to be a decipherment of more than 90% of the signs on the Phaistos Disk. For example the ‘magic cup’ from Knossos, KN Zc 7.1. Thirty-six of the Disk signs compare well to signs in Linear A. D#14 could also be a version of the MLA sign A305(pe? It starts with the ship tied up in the harbor and then works its way up to the government complex at the top … http://bouzanis.blogspot.gr/2014/01/phaestos-disc-reading.html, http://survincity.com/2010/12/phaistos-disk-silent-3700-years/, http://teicrete.gr/daidalika/documents/phaistos_disk/signary.pdf, http://phaistosgame.com/Instant-Reading.htm, http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/phaistos-disk-deciphered/. Compare D#42 to AB74(ze) and in the CHS see CHIC#045. If you combine the two types of the CHIC#070 signs together, you will make a ‘rosette’ like D#38. Despite its mysteriousness, the Phaistos Disk is thought to be authentic by many, but not all, scholars. It compares well to AB45(de) and to the CHS signs CHIC#s 020, 021 and 022. I believe it is a map of Thera/Santorini before the eruption 3600 years ago. D#29 Owens seems to have confused the Disk’s version of the ‘cat head’ sign with the CHS ‘dog’s head’ sign, CHIC#017. The inscriptions appear to depict a way of drawing celestial signs that portray the northern sky … It is far more likely that D#43 is the Disk’s version of AB78(qe), the MLA version of the ‘sieve’ sign. Owens correctly compares D#8 to CHIC#009, but incorrectly assigns it the value of ‘no’. D#36 Owens correctly identifies this ‘fruit tree’ sign as equating to AB30(ni). Update, November 3, 2014: John G. Younger, Professor of Classics and Academic Director of Jewish Studies at the University of Kansas, has published his response to Owens here: http://people.ku.edu/~jyounger/misc/Owens_response.pdf. For example D#12 looks similar to the Minoan Linear A ‘sieve’ sign, AB78. Combien de temps faut-il bouger après une journée assis ? Owens equates D#17 to the ‘loop’ sign, Evans#138. On the Disk we find a ‘slack bow’ sign, D#11. A Bronze Age artifact that has eluded decipherment for over a century has finally been decoded—so claims Gareth Owens, a linguist at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete. It appears in all of the Cretan Scripts. Une "chimie noire" s'opère dans les régions les plus sombres de l'Univers, Etats-Unis : une première preuve directe de consommation d’hallucinogènes dans un site d’art rupestre. Of historical interest, I have the impression that the eccentric nature of many of the signs that appear on the Phaistos Disk could be explained as a reaction to the often severe degree of abbreviation of the signs of the Cretan Hieroglyphic Script that took place in order to create the Minoan Linear A Script. Note that AB39 has a strong frequency in the MLA script (it appears in 46 sign groups), unlike AB38 which appears only sixteen times in the GORILA V index. There are only two of the D#14 signs on the Disk. D#14 This sign may be a depiction of ‘yoke’ meant for a pair of oxen. D#17 This sign appears to be a side view of a Minoan pinch-back seal stone. For more on this, please see: phaistosdisk.com.