Phaistos Disc
The Phaistos Disc, or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language.
- Ruins
- Description: inscribed fired clay tablet found in Crete, covered on both sides with undeciphered spiral Minoan writing
- Also known as“Festos disc”“Phaestos disc”“Phaistos Disc location”“Phaistos disk”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Palace of Phaistos and King’s Megaron.
Villages in the Area
Discover Voroi and Petrokefali.
Petrokefali
Petrokefali is a village.
3 km southeast of Phaistos Disc
Phaistos Disc
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Latitude
35.05171° or 35° 3′ 6″ north
Longitude
24.81486° or 24° 48′ 54″ east
Open location code
8G763R27+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = ruins
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Phaistos Disc” goes by many names.
Skyf van PhaistosAfrikaans
قرص فستوسArabic
Ֆեստի սկավառակArmenian
Fest diskiAzerbaijani
Фесцкі дыскBelarusian
Фестоски дискBulgarian
Фестски дискBulgarian
Disc de FestosCatalan
Disc de PhaistosCatalan
斐斯托斯圓盤Chinese
費斯托斯圓盤Chinese
Disk z FaistuCzech
PhaistosskivenDanish
Phaestos DiskDutch
Phaistos DiscDutch
Phaistos DiskDutch
Schijf van PhaistosDutch
Disko de FaistosEsperanto
Phaistose ketasEstonian
Faistoksen diskosFinnish
Faistoksen kiekkoFinnish
ფესტოს დისკიGeorgian
ფესტოსის დისკოGeorgian
Δίσκος της ΦαιστούGreek
דיסקית פאיסטוסHebrew
דיסקית פייסטוסHebrew
Phaisztoszi korongHungarian
FæstosdiskurinnIcelandic
FestosdiskurinnIcelandic
Disco di FestoItalian
ファイストスの円盤Japanese
파이스토스 원반Korean
Discus ex PhaestoLatin
Discus PhaestiusLatin
Faisto diskasLithuanian
Дискот од ФестMacedonian
Дискот од Фест (ос)Macedonian
FestosdiskenNorwegian
Diskosen fra FaistosNorwegian Bokmål
Faistos-diskosenNorwegian Bokmål
FestosdiskenNorwegian Bokmål
صفحهٔ فستوسPersian
Dysk z FaistosPolish
Dysk z FajstosPolish
Discul din PhaistosRomanian
Фестский дискRussian
Фестски дискSerbian
Disk z FaistuSlovak
Faistský diskSlovak
Disk iz FajstosaSlovenian
Phaistos DiskiTurkish
Фестський дискUkrainian
Đĩa PhaistosVietnamese
Ֆեսթոս սկաւառակWestern Armenian
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