Answer · Phaistos Disc

The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.

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Where it stands

DisputedOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

Disc signs correspond systematically to Luwian hieroglyphic signs of the same period.
The resulting text is grammatical Luwian throughout.

What would rule it out

The sign correspondences depend on Luwian hieroglyphs of a much later date, or the reading cannot be extended to all 61 groups.

Evidence 1 for · 1 against

The 2004 reading produces a continuous letter text.

Speculative

FOR

The comparanda are later Anatolian hieroglyphs and the reading has not been adopted by Anatolian specialists.

Suggestive

AGAINST

The questions it answers

What language does the disc record?

Most likelyThe disc records the Minoan language also written in Linear A

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language. [Answer ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE

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  title     = {The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE}
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