The Phaistos Disc translated by Clive Snowdon. TIP: Hover your cursor over pictures for more info.
The General mightiness sought.
soldier
high
strength
power
sought.
The High Priest/
Temple
servant
high/
The offering the greatest in Heaven.
the offering
the greatest
in Heaven.
Many offerings (were) killed/
the offering
the offering
was killed/
The General [a courier] gave/
soldier
high
bearer
servant
gave/
(To) the greatest person in highest Heaven/
person
the greatest
in Heaven
high/
Person (something?) took/
person
?
took/
The Generals' wife sought a son?/
soldier
high
wife
sought
a son?/
Restlessly prayed/
restless
grew
prayed/
The General message above prayed/
soldier
high
message
above
prayed/
Important messenger in Heaven/
power
message
servant
in Heaven/
The General peace (pact) with God made.
soldier
high
peace with
God
made.
The harvest grew. (A season passed)
The harvest
grew.
[A warrior] to please work God sought/
soldier
person
to please
work
God
sought/
Desired power.
desired
power.
The General grew restless/
soldier
high
restless
grew/
The General of many people prayed is ruled by HIM/
soldier
high
person
person
prayed
is ruled by
(Noun)/
gave (to) God/
gave
God/
The General grew restless.
soldier
high
restless
grew.
[A warrior] to please work God sought/
soldier
person
to please
work
God
sought/
Desired power.
desired
power.
The General grew restless.
soldier
high
restless
grew.
The General captured the peace emissary/
soldier
high
person
prisoner
peace with
sought
person/
Wife sought an answer? from above/
wife
sought
answer?
above/
Grew very restless/
restless
grew
high/
The great General/
soldier
high
strength
power/
(To) God above prayed.
God
above
prayed.
Work artisan created/
work
artisan
made/
The General of many people prayed is ruled by HIM/
soldier
high
person
person
prayed
is ruled by
Noun/
Mightiness/
strength
power/
Work artisan created.
work
artisan
made.
(other side).
The General the sacrifice servant in Heaven.
soldier
high
the sacrifice
servant
in Heaven.
The greatest person in Heaven prayed/
person
the greatest
in Heaven
prayed/
Soldier is ruled by God in person/
soldier
is ruled by
God
in person/
The sacrifice to please person/
the sacrifice
to please
person/
gave (to) [the High Priestess]/
gave
Temple
Virgin
high/
Rebel God sought payment?/
rebel
God
sought
payment?/
Mightiness the harvest gave/
strength
power
the harvest
gave/
Ally in Heaven mightiness sought/
ally
in Heaven
strength
power
sought/
The sacrifice is ruled by God? to please/
the sacrifice
is ruled by
God?
to please/
In Heaven the Priest prayed/
in Heaven
Temple
servant
prayed/
(The) soldier grew spiritual/
soldier
grew
the spirit
servant/
Person to please authorised/
person
to please
made
power/
[The Altar] Priestess prayed/
the offering
Temple
Temple
Virgin
prayed/
Rebel prisoner sought/
rebel
prisoner
sought/
The offering gave power/
the offering
gave
power/
Wife prayed peace with the harvest gave/
wife
prayed
peace with
the harvest
gave
Soldier given? authority/
soldier
given?
person
power/
The offering the spirit in Heaven took/
the offering
the spirit
in Heaven
took/
The offering took strength/
the offering
took
strength/
The offering the greatest in Heaven.
the offering
the greatest
in Heaven.
The sacrificial offering the spirit in Heaven took.
the sacrifice
the offering
the spirit
in Heaven
took.
(The) person was killed to please God/
person
was killed
God
to please/
In Heaven sought prayed/
in Heaven
sought
prayed/
In Heaven the greatest in Heaven.
in Heaven
the greatest
in Heaven.
In Heaven God sought Temple/
in Heaven
God
sought
Temple/
The sacrificial offering the spirit in Heaven took.
sacrifice
the offering
the spirit
in Heaven
took.
Given? something? the harvest sought in Heaven/
given?
?
the harvest
sought
in Heaven/
The soldiers' wife prayed (to) God in Heaven/
soldier
wife
prayed
God
in Heaven/
The offering was killed to please God/
the offering
was killed
God
to please/
The greatest in Heaven.
the greatest
in Heaven.
(The end).
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