# Duhoux 2000: How Not to Decipher the Phaistos Disc: A Review Article > Yves Duhoux, 2000. 17 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the sign-count problem and for the standards applied to decipherment claims. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFZKJ0DQG/how-not-to-decipher-the-phaistos-disc-a-review-article Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Phaistos Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc)Duhoux 2000 **0** # How Not to Decipher the Phaistos Disc: A Review Article Yves Duhoux, 2000. _American Journal of Archaeology_. Reviews Faucounau's Greek decipherment and sets out the checks any reading must pass: accurate text, right direction, plausible script type, honest sign count (about 60, not 88 to 95). Suggests the language is closer to Linear A than to Greek. AJA 104(3), 597–600. **Phaistos Disc** Articledoi: **[10.2307/507232](https://doi.org/10.2307/507232)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Source for the sign-count problem and for the standards applied to decipherment claims. ## Cited by on this site 17 records [No published reading meets the basic checks.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/answers/ANS0D1GGD9275G4/no-published-reading-meets-the-basic-checks) Answer ANS [The disc records a language that cannot be identified from one 241-sign text, whatever it is.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/answers/ANS0D1GGBAJ49JV/the-disc-records-a-language-that-cannot-be-identified-from) Answer ANS [The text reads from the rim to the centre, and the oblique stroke marks something about the final sign or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/answers/ANS0D1GGE0G3VG2/the-text-reads-from-the-rim-to-the-centre-and-the-oblique) Answer ANS [The Arkalochori axe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/artifacts/ART0D1GGGEM4WPP/the-arkalochori-axe) ART [Duhoux's review documents the failures of the Greek reading and states the criteria.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGDGW0BV5/duhouxs-review-documents-the-failures-of-the-greek-reading) Evidence EVD [Faucounau's reading required 88 to 95 signs against about 60, misstated the find context and was internally…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGB2R5FGY/faucounaus-reading-required-88-to-95-signs-against-about-60) Evidence EVD [Most scholars read inward on the basis of packing and corrections.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGE8A1F97/most-scholars-read-inward-on-the-basis-of-packing-and) Evidence EVD [Readings adopting outward direction have not accounted for the packing evidence.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGEQY0PG5/readings-adopting-outward-direction-have-not-accounted-for) Evidence EVD [The comparanda are later Anatolian hieroglyphs and the reading has not been adopted by Anatolian specialists.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGAK42SPN/the-comparanda-are-later-anatolian-hieroglyphs-and-the) Evidence EVD [The find context, the Arkalochori axe parallel and the sign repertoire point to Crete and the Linear A world.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GG9VP05AD/the-find-context-the-arkalochori-axe-parallel-and-the-sign) Evidence EVD [The reading has not been adopted by Anatolian or Aegean specialists.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGD182Z4J/the-reading-has-not-been-adopted-by-anatolian-or-aegean) Evidence EVD [The text is too short for internal statistics to select a language, and the full sign inventory is unknown.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGBJC3HAD/the-text-is-too-short-for-internal-statistics-to-select-a) Evidence EVD [Yves Duhoux](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/people/FIG0D1GG3RC0NWA/yves-duhoux) FIG [The Phaistos Disc](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc) The mystery article MYS [Does any published reading of the disc hold up?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/questions/QST0D1GG6EA6Q23/does-any-published-reading-of-the-disc-hold-up) Question QST [In which direction is the text read, and what is the oblique stroke?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/questions/QST0D1GG6P44D9R/in-which-direction-is-the-text-read-and-what-is-the-oblique) 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 ``` Duhoux, Y. (2000). How Not to Decipher the Phaistos Disc: A Review Article. American Journal of Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.2307/507232 ``` [Read it free at dial.uclouvain.be](https://dial.uclouvain.be/pr/boreal/object/boreal%3A43092) Key **SRC** 0D1GFZKJ0DQG Kind Journal article Rights The publisher's 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/SRC0D1GFZKJ0DQG/how-not-to-decipher-the-phaistos-disc-a-review-article/csl.json)