# Davis 2018: The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language Behind the Script > Brent Davis, 2018. 14 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Links the Linear A and Phaistos Disc projects. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJYJE4TNT/the-phaistos-disk-a-new-way-of-viewing-the-language-behind Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Linear A](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a)Davis 2018 **0** # The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language Behind the Script Brent Davis, 2018. _Oxford Journal of Archaeology_. Applies a statistical method to how the Phaistos Disc and Linear A treat shared sign shapes and concludes that the two most likely encode the same language. Volume 37(4), 373–410. **Linear A** Articledoi: **[10.1111/ojoa.12151](https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12151)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Links the Linear A and Phaistos Disc projects. ## Cited by on this site 14 records [The Disc and Linear A record the same language.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHKDPT1DHA/the-disc-and-linear-a-record-the-same-language) Answer ANS [The Disc records a different language, or was made off Crete.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHKE6E6HY0/the-disc-records-a-different-language-or-was-made-off-crete) Answer ANS [The disc records the Minoan language also written in Linear A.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/answers/ANS0D1GG9C25B96/the-disc-records-the-minoan-language-also-written-in-linear) Answer ANS [Davis's 2018 statistical comparison finds the two scripts treat shared shapes alike.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GG9KW78W9/daviss-2018-statistical-comparison-finds-the-two-scripts) Evidence EVD [Davis's 2018 statistical comparison of homomorph behaviour finds the two scripts treat shared shapes alike.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHKDYM6S8K/daviss-2018-statistical-comparison-of-homomorph-behaviour) Evidence EVD [Davis's method, built on homomorph behaviour, finds Linear A behaves like the Phaistos Disc and unlike Linear…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHKAH823PF/daviss-method-built-on-homomorph-behaviour-finds-linear-a) Evidence EVD [Linear A and the Phaistos Disc appear to encode the same language, which widens the material slightly but…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK92C2WG4/linear-a-and-the-phaistos-disc-appear-to-encode-the-same) Evidence EVD [Shared sign shapes do behave alike in the disc and Linear A, which is consistent with but does not establish…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGCHM1PKT/shared-sign-shapes-do-behave-alike-in-the-disc-and-linear-a) Evidence EVD [The Disc's 45 signs and 241 impressions make any statistical result fragile.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHKEE835QT/the-discs-45-signs-and-241-impressions-make-any-statistical) Evidence EVD [Brent Davis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/people/FIG0D1GG4804W0M/brent-davis) FIG [Linear A](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a) The mystery article MYS [The Phaistos Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc) The mystery article MYS [Does the Phaistos Disc record the same language as Linear A?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK55C52CC/does-the-phaistos-disc-record-the-same-language-as-linear-a) Question QST [What language does the disc record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/questions/QST0D1GG66G2R2Y/what-language-does-the-disc-record) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Davis, B. (2018). The Phaistos Disk: A New Way of Viewing the Language Behind the Script. Oxford Journal of Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12151 ``` [Find it at aegeussociety.org](https://www.aegeussociety.org/en/?p=23776) Key **SRC** 0CQHJYJE4TNT Kind Journal article Rights The publisher's Kept 29 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHJYJE4TNT/the-phaistos-disk-a-new-way-of-viewing-the-language-behind/csl.json)