The Phaistos Disc (1/2)
The Phaistos Disc (also spelled Phaistos Disk, Phaestos Disc) is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (second millennium BC). The disk is about 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter and covered on both sides with a spiral of stamped symbols. The Phaistos Disc was discovered in the Minoan palace-site of Phaistos, near Hagia Triada, on the south coast of Crete
Picture No
13466833
Media ID
45796150
Size
3563px x 4905px
(1.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed 1950s postcard (1/2)
Date
circa 2500 BC
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Alphabet Cretan Crete Disc Disk Fired Hieroglyphic Hieroglyphs Minoan Phaestos Phaistos Pictograms Spiral
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