The Phaistos Disc

70.00 € 70.00 €

Clay disk from the Minoan Palace of Phaistos, Crete. It bears symbols of hieroglyphic script, stamped on both sides, in spiral arrangement. It is considered as the earliest known example of typography.

Neo-Palatial period (ca. 1700-1600 B.C.).

Heraklion Archaeological Museum (inv. no 1358)

Exact copy in plaster.

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Exact Copies
Replicas
Plaster
Crete
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Minoan Period
Letters and Inscriptions
Gifts
17.00cm x 17.00cm x 20.00cm (W x H x L)
1.16Kg

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