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Answer · Phaistos Disc

The disc records an early form of Greek.

The disc records an early form of Greek.

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Where it stands

DisputedNone pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Sign values yield Greek words with regular correspondences across all 61 groups.
  • The sign inventory implied by the reading matches the roughly 60 signs the frequency data allow.

What would rule it out

  • The reading requires a sign inventory far larger than the data allow, or misreads the direction or text.

Evidence none for · 1 against

The questions it answers

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

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The disc records an early form of Greek. [Answer ANS0D1GGATY7NY4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1GGATY7NY4
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