"Phaistos Disk Text" Numerical Transcription by Marianna P. Ridderstad
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From: Journal article · Marianna P. Ridderstad · 2010

"Phaistos Disk Text" is a numerical transcription of the symbols on The Phaistos Disk, an artifact found in Crete and published in 1909 by Luigi Pernier. The numerical transcription is solely a series of numbers that correspond to the Phaistos Disk symbols (forty-five symbols, using the Evans numbering system). Side A contains thirty-one symbol groups and Side B contains thirty. The transcription comes from Appendix 2 of Marianna P. Ridderstad's 2010 article titled "Lunisolar Calendrical Symbolism on the Phaistos Disk."
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Cretan Hieroglyphs  ⟶  Evans Numbering System a

Side/No.Numeric Transcript
p. 5, appendix 2
Side A
A1-A3102-12-13-01-18/ 24-40-12 29-45-07/ 29-29-34 02-12-04-40-33 27-45-07-12 27-44-08 02-12-06-18-? 31-26-35 02-12-41-19-35 01-41-40-07 02-12-32-23-38/ 39-11 02-27-25-10-23-18 28-01/ 02-12-31-26/ 02-12-27-27-35-37-21 33-23 02-12-31-26/ 02-27-25-10-23-18 28-01/ 02-12-31-26/ 02-12-27-14-32-18-27 06-18-17-19 31-26-12 02-12-13-01 23-19-35/ 10-03-38 02-12-27-27-35-37-21 13-01 10-03-38
Side B
B1-B3002-12-22-40-07 27-45-07-35 02-37-23-05/ 22-25-27 33-24-20-12 16-23-18-43/ 13-01-39-33 15-07-13-01-18 22-37-42-25 07-24-40-35 02-26-36-40 27-25-38-01 29-24-24-20-35 16-14-18 29-33-01 06-35-32-39-33 02-09-27-01 29-36-07-08/ 29-08-13 29-45-07/ 22-29-36-07-08/ 27-34-23-25 07-18-35 07-45-07/ 07-23-18-24 22-29-36-07-08/ 09-30-39-18-07 02-06-35-23-07 29-34-23-25 45-07/
Source(s) a Ridderstad, "Phaistos Disk", 5 launch .

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Phaistos Disk, numerical transcription
Sourceomnika.conscious.aiRetrieval date07/26/2020
Source record No.p. 5, appendix 2MediumPrintImage date2010CreatorMarianna P. RidderstadSource notesRidderstad, "Phaistos Disk," 5 [appendix 2].
Source a Ridderstad, "Phaistos Disk", 5 launch .

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Bibliography

Anonymous creator, The Phaistos Disc, c. 1600–1699 BCE. Clay disk, diameter: 0.16m [6.23 in]. Permanent Exhibitions Collection, Room III, Inventory No. AE 1358, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Evans, Arthur J. Scripta Minoa: The Written Documents of Minoan Crete with Special Reference to the Archives of Knossos. Vol. 1, The Hieroglyphic and Primitive Linear Classes. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1909.
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Ridderstad, Marianna P. "Lunisolar Calendrical Symbolism on the Phaistos Disk." Anistoriton 12, no. 2 (2010): 1-5.
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