Kvashilava, Gia, 2010. On Reading Pictorial Signs of the Phaistos Disk and Related Scripts (2). Rosette (in Georgian and English)
This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.
This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.
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Eight-rayed star <strong>in</strong> a circle (Cop<strong>in</strong>g stone with <strong>in</strong>cised<br />
signs, from niche <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Royal Tomb at Isopata: Evans 1906,<br />
167, Fig. 146);<br />
<strong>Signs</strong> on blocks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mycenaean period Build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Knossos:<br />
, , (Evans 1895, 13, Fig. 9, a, e, g); Cretan <strong>and</strong> Aegean<br />
l<strong>in</strong>ear characters: , (Evans 1895, 80, Table I, 11, 12);<br />
<strong>Signs</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cypriot syllabic script: [a] C10800; [e]<br />
C10801; [i] C10802 (Chadwick 1990, 22; Douros 2008, 12);<br />
b. Egyptian hieroglyphs: C1 sun-disk (e.g., Egyptian<br />
[r‛] is <strong>the</strong> Sun; or [r‛] – <strong>the</strong> Sun-god Re or Ra;<br />
[ỉtn] sun-disk, <strong>the</strong> god Aten: Collier, Manley 2007, 5, 17, 28,<br />
29, 136, 152, 156); C6 star (Collier, Manley 2007, 137);<br />
c. Anatolian hieroglyphs: , [sa 4 ] *402/0089A scutella<br />
– saucer (Laroche 1960; Hawk<strong>in</strong>s 2000 I , 29, 68; Anders 2004,<br />
15); [ ala/i] *292/125BA/1293A/0246B rota – wheel;<br />
[ ara/i] 125B8/12938/*290 (Hawk<strong>in</strong>s 2000 I , 29, 31; Everson<br />
2006, ##2, ##8; 2007, 14, 21; comp. Anders 2004, 10); [ a]<br />
*215b/0072A (Hawk<strong>in</strong>s 2000 I , 28, 29; Anders 2004, 8);<br />
*025/F219 oculus – eye (Hawk<strong>in</strong>s 2000 I , 27);<br />
d. Old Semitic script signs: , [ ] (Gamkrelidze 1989,<br />
29, Table 2; 55); [‘ay<strong>in</strong>] (Fischer 2003, 48, Fig. 28; 126, Fig.<br />
94); [‘aj<strong>in</strong>] – eye (Gamkrelidze 1989, 29, Table 2; 37, Table<br />
3; 40, Table 5; 42, 44; 51, Table 7; 52, 53);<br />
e. Old Phoenician script signs: F0908 (Coulmas 1999,<br />
403, Table 11); [ ] (Gamkrelidze 1989, 29, Table 2; 69,<br />
Table 11); (Fischer 2003, 126, Fig. 94); 10908 (Evans<br />
1909, 87; Douros 2008, 12) – ēt h – clew, ball (?) (Pataridze<br />
1980, 110), wheel (?);<br />
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