The Phaistós disc Printing-punching direction
Marmai, Ippolito The Phaistós disc. Printing-punching direction (from left to right)
The longest Cretan hieroglyphic inscription
1 - the disc of Phaistós is undoubtedly a Cretan artefact,
2 - the signs impressed on it belong to the Cretan hieroglyphic writing system (see Table A),
3 - For over three thousand years the singular writing by movable type printing has made the disc of Phaistós unique, but this is because the hieroglyphic text was transcribed alo...