Phaistos

Note HT 97 KA-NU-TI, written in Linear A script and which immediately precedes PA-I-TO = 'Phaistos'?

Mediterranean wanderwort fiesta 2009

Note HT 97 KA-NU-TI, written in Linear A script and which immediately precedes PA-I-TO = 'Phaistos'?

Archive 2009-01-01 2009

Also, on the topic of PA-I-TO and its identification in both Linear A and Linear B as 'Phaistos', I'd like to suggest an alternative explanation that avoids inconsistency with the above observations.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

Also, on the topic of PA-I-TO and its identification in both Linear A and Linear B as 'Phaistos', I'd like to suggest an alternative explanation that avoids inconsistency with the above observations.

Linear A treatment of consonant clusters 2009

The interesting thing about that is if pa-i-to is the city "Phaistos" HT 97a.3, 120.6 as we find it spelled in Linear B, it doesn't seem likely that this Minoan city was given a foreign Greek name Phaistos.

A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

What is left of their power bases can be seen at Gournia and Phaistos, stunningly beautiful sites.

Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

What is left of their power bases can be seen at Gournia and Phaistos, stunningly beautiful sites.

Insiders' guide to Greece 2011

"As for the Phaistos disc, I do not think it is a forgery: and just because of one thing."

Aegean phonotactics against word-initial /j/ 2010

And if it is not a forgery, then it shows that the signs of the Phaistos disc fall well within the 'normal' variations expected for the Minoan writing systems, especially Linear A.

Aegean phonotactics against word-initial /j/ 2010

For example, the 'plumed head' (=I) is seen in positions that are apparently word-initial; the 'cat head' (=MA) sign is fully drwan out, but in the frontal direction more usual in Linear A; and finally the 'Column' signs (=NA) have a dotted shaft, more similar to Linear A, but their headpieces otherwise look like the Phaistos disc 'Column' signs (and - in this regard - they are dissimilar to the Heroglyphic 'Column' signs).

Aegean phonotactics against word-initial /j/ 2010