Disc of Phaistos

Handmade copies of the disc of Phaistos.

Disc of Phaistos,is a famous archaeological find,from the minoan city of Phaistos,in soythern part of the island CRETE.It is dating back to the MINOAN COPPER AGE(1800bC).

It is one of the most famous mysteries of archeology, since the purpose of its construction remains unknown. The meaning of what is written on it,is still unknown.It is available for sale,in 5 different chromatic colours.

Painted with the same techniques that used in Ancient Greece.

Discovery of disc of Phaistos

The Phaistos Disc was discovered in the Minoan palace-site of Phaistos, near Hagia Triada, on the south coast of Crete. .  Specifically the disc was found in the basement of room 8 in building 101 .Part of a group of buildings to the northeast of the main palace. This grouping of four rooms also served as a formal entry into the palace complex. Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier recovered the intact “dish”, about 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter and uniformly slightly more than 1 centimetre (0.39 inches) in thickness, on 3 July 1908 during his excavation of the first Minoan palace.

It was found in the main cell of an underground “temple depository”. These basement cells, only accessible from above, were neatly covered with a layer of fine plaster. Their content was poor in precious artifacts, but rich in black earth and ashes, mixed with burnt bovine bones. In the northern part of the main cell, in the same black layer, a few centimetres south-east of the disc and about 50 cm (20 in) above the floor, Linear A tablet PH 1 was also found. The site apparently collapsed as a result of an earthquake. Possibly linked with the eruption of the Santorini volcano .  That affected large parts of the Mediterranean region during the mid second millennium B.C.

Typography of disc of Phaistos

The inscription was apparently made by pressing hieroglyphic “seals” into the soft clay. In a clockwise sequence spiraling toward the center of the disk. It was then fired at high temperature. The unique character of the Phaistos Disc stems from the fact that the entire text was inscribed in this way, reproducing a body of text with reusable characters.