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From: Journal article · Peter Z. Revesz · 2016
Full Translation, Transliteration, Collation (full)
Minoan ⟶ English a
| Line | Transliteration | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Side A | ||
| Collation added by redactor. | ||
| A-1 | f-3-͡ts m-13 u*-k-n-ʃ-ʃ-j*-k | Chief god of all, our ruler. |
| A-2 | f-3-͡ts n-t-d m-13-j*-k | Chief god, you protect all of us. |
| A-3 | j*-p-ɲ t-17-s-ɒ ʃ-s-l-m-ʃ-j*-k | Come light’s spring, shine again |
| A-4 | p-ɲ-j*-k m-l s-d-͡ts-o-ʃ-k | Shine warm and glorious rays. |
| A-5 | p-ɲ-j*-k d-h u*-k-n-ʃ-ʃ-j*-k | Light up strong, our ruler. |
| A-6 | p-ɲ-j*-k m-l s-d-͡ts-o-ʃ-k | Shine warm and glorious rays. |
| A-7 | i-ʒ f-d-l-j*-k v-40-ɟ͡ʝ-m n-t-ɟ͡ ʝ-j*-k | For our hot cover, to rise we pray. |
| A-8 | n-p-ɲ s-ɒ-j*-k ɛ-44-ʃ | Sunlight, our dear ancestor mother, |
| A-9 | j*-v-c͡ ç-ʃ h-40-4-j*-k m-j-j | Help our ships sailing on the seas |
| A-10 | v-c͡ ç-j j*-40-z s-m-13-j*-k | And all of us. |
| Side B | ||
| B-1 | v-c͡ ç o-d-m-j v-d-n-ɒ-k | Water flows westward. |
| B-2 | v-s-ʒ-b-n ɛ-v-r-j-g z-s-d-v | Takes you fast to Iberia by the evening. |
| B-3 | v-c͡ ç-v n-s-v o-d-m-ʃ ɛ-v-r-j-g | With water you … flow to Iberia. |
| B-4 | v-c͡ ç -j 13-ɛ-j | Its water swallows you. |
| B-5 | ɛ-v-r-j m-ʃ-n-k h-ʒ-l-n-ɒ | The Iberian king’s twenty daughters |
| B-6 | m-h-j s-m-16 n-20-z-z-j | Bend over and sadly watch the horizon. |
| B-7 | m-f-o-ʃ 40-r-p-k n-40-z-v o-42-k-g | Flying while shooting arrows Sagittarius |
| B-8 | s-m-13-v-s h-ʒ-m-13 | And the other stars chase you back. |
| B-9 | 43-s-d-16 j*-20-z-h ʃ-o-g | All drift away during the night to Asia, |
| B-10 | 5-d-k-k n-v-c͡ ç-ʃ v-40-g-j*-k | Where you, our light, … ascend. |
| Source(s) a Revesz, "Phaistos Disk Translation", 95-98 launch . | ||
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Minoan Sun Hymn": English Translation of Phaistos Disk by Peter Z. Revesz." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 13 Jul. 2020, omnika.org/stable/888. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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On Side A, the solar figure is first affirmed as the chief ruler. The author then asks for the figure to shine warmth and show its rays in order that the people can be assisted while sailing. On Side B, water is described as flowing westward to Iberia. An Iberian king's twenty daughters are described as watching (perhaps lamenting) the horizon as the sun is chased away by the other stars. Arrows are described as being shot, perhaps toward or from Sagittarius. Finally, the light drifts away to Asia and ascends again when the stars chase it back, ending the poem.
