# The Phaistos Disc

> The Phaistos Disc

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**ART** 0D1GGFQ64VQD·Artifact · object

# The Phaistos Disc

Document356 pagesPublic domainC. 1750 BC, start of Middle Minoan IIIA, by the pottery of the find deposit

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/b06f8a04f3f7e33578f28aa0e88be600a13ebc6d03891a79c721558ca50c05e7)

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Arthur Evans, 1750. Public domain

## Copies 7

**Photo** Arthur Evans (Scripta Minoa I) · digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de · 1909 · public-domainPrimary source: [Scripta Minoa: The Written Documents of Minoan Crete, Volume I](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFYW45VW4/scripta-minoa-the-written-documents-of-minoan-crete-volume-i)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/evans1909)

**Photo** Arthur Evans · archive.org · 1909 · Public domainPrimary source: [Scripta Minoa: The Written Documents of Minoan Crete, Volume I](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFYW45VW4/scripta-minoa-the-written-documents-of-minoan-crete-volume-i)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/scriptaminoawrit01evanuoft)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/b06f8a04f3f7e33578f28aa0e88be600a13ebc6d03891a79c721558ca50c05e7)

**Picture** Arthur Evans · archive.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/scriptaminoawrit01evanuoft)

**Transcription** Unicode Consortium · unicode.org · Unicode terms of use2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U101D0.pdf)

**Photograph** Unknown author · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PhaistosDiskLarge.jpg)

**Photograph** C messier, crop and composite image by Bammesk · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phaistos_Disc_-_side_A_(top),_side_B_(bottom).jpg)

**Photograph** Gleb Simonov · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phaistos_Disc_%E2%80%94_Side_B.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Phaistos](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG29G16R8/phaistos) · Minoan palace site

## Sources 2

- [The Phaistos Disk: An Enigmatic Artifact in its Cultural Context](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFZ3Y0Q5E/the-phaistos-disk-an-enigmatic-artifact-in-its-cultural)_SRC_
- [The secrets of the Phaistos Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFZBR32RW/the-secrets-of-the-phaistos-disc)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Phaistos Disc [Artifact ART0D1GGFQ64VQD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D1GGFQ64VQD
```

Key

**ART** 0D1GGFQ64VQD

Kind

Object

Held by

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Dated

c. 1750 BC, start of Middle Minoan IIIA, by the pottery of the find deposit; found 3 July 1908

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Phaistos](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG29G16R8/phaistos)

Part of

[Phaistos Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc)

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