Hermione Wrote:
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> > It has been proposed that based on
> > the numbers of symbols it is some type of
> > syllabary like Linear A and B.
>
> Who has proposed this? Do you have a citation?

From wiki:

George Hempl, 1911 (interpretation as Ionic Greek, syllabic writing); A-side first; reading inwards;
Florence Stawell, 1911 (interpretation as Homeric Greek, syllabic writing); B-side first; reading inwards;
Benjamin Schwarz, 1959 (interpretation as Mycenean Greek, syllabic writing, comparison to Linear ; A-side first; reading inwards;
Jean Faucounau, 1975, (interpretation as "proto-Ionic" Greek, syllabic writing; A-side first; reading inwards;
Steven R. Fischer, 1988 (interpretation as a Greek dialect, syllabic writing); A-side first; reading inwards;
Torsten Timm, 2005 (syllabic writing, comparison to Linear A) B-side first; reading inwards;

> > have tried to
> > read it based on the similarities of certain
> > symbols with these writing systems. They
> claim
> > that it seems that the language is
> Minoan(see
> > linera A) an early Hellenic – Aeoloic dialect
> with
> > certain eastern elements(Hittite - Luvian
> etc).
>
> Again, who has proposed this?

Minas Tsikritsis
[www.metafysiko.gr]

After having studied the disk I propose that the disk is read outwards, side B being the first one.

> How could Pernier (who found the Phaistos disc)
> have known about what? You speak about the
> Arkalochori Axe as if it were a proven fact,
> rather than an hypothesis, that the symbols it
> carries are the same as the ones on the Phaistos
> disc. Again from the Wiki:Quote:It has been
> suggested that these (symbols) might be Linear A
> but Professor Glanville Price agrees with Louis
> Godart that "the characters on the axe are no more
> than a 'pseudo-inscription' engraved by an
> illiterate in uncomprehending imitation of
> authentic Linear A characters on other similar
> axes."
How can hieroglyphic writing be an Linear A imitation. Linear A is a syllabic linear - not hieroglyphic writing. Some consider Linear B as an attempt to create a single writing system with elements from both Cretan hieroglyphic and Linear A writing. In any case Linear B is less "linear" than linear A. If the Arkalokhori axe is a pseudo-inscription engraved by an
illiterate in uncomprehending imitation of authentic Cretan hieroglyphics on other similar
axes, then how is it that we find so many similarities with the Phaistos disk? There was a great deal of Cretan hieroglyphic symbols, statistically these similarities don't add up.