# Achterberg 2004: The Phaistos Disc: A Luwian Letter to Nestor

> Winfried Achterberg, Jan Best, Kees Enzler et al., 2004. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Origin of the Luwian reading.

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# The Phaistos Disc: A Luwian Letter to Nestor

Winfried Achterberg, Jan Best, Kees Enzler et al., 2004. _Publications of the Henri Frankfort Foundation 13, Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society, Amsterdam_.

Reads the disc as a Luwian text addressed to a king Nestor, by comparing the signs with Luwian hieroglyphs.

**Phaistos Disc** Bookdoi: **[10.1163/2214-448x_eagll_sim_00000510](https://doi.org/10.1163/2214-448x_eagll_sim_00000510)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Origin of the Luwian reading.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The Achterberg et al. Luwian reading is substantially correct.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/answers/ANS0D1GGCSE3R9G/the-achterberg-et-al-luwian-reading-is-substantially-correct)

Answer

ANS

[The disc records Luwian or another Anatolian language.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/answers/ANS0D1GGA3G2QJE/the-disc-records-luwian-or-another-anatolian-language)

Answer

ANS

[The 2004 reading produces a continuous letter text.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phaistos-disc/evidence/EVD0D1GGABA6WKR/the-2004-reading-produces-a-continuous-letter-text)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Achterberg, W., Best, J., Enzler, K., Rietveld, L., & Woudhuizen, F. (2004). The Phaistos Disc: A Luwian Letter to Nestor. Publications of the Henri Frankfort Foundation 13, Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1163/2214-448x_eagll_sim_00000510
```

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Key

**SRC** 0D1GG036293G

Kind

Book

Rights

The publisher's

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