Editing Phaistos Disc (section)

==== Linear A ====
Comparison of the disc's signs with those of [[Linear A]] inscriptions go back to Evans in 1909.<ref name=evans1909/>  In 1959, [[Benjamin Schwartz (linguist)|Benjamin Schwartz]] asserted a genetic relationship between the Phaistos Disc script and the Cretan linear scripts.<ref name=schwa1959a/>{{rp|p.108}} Similar claims were made also by [[Werner Nahm]] in 1975,<ref name=nahm1975>Werner Nahm (1975): "Vergleich von Zeichen des Diskos von Phaistos mit Linear A". ''Kadmos'', volume 14, issue 2, pages 97–101 {{doi|10.1515/kadmos-1975-0202}}{{s2cid|201808440}}</ref> [[Torsten Timm]] in 2004,<ref name=timm2004>Torsten Timm (2004): "[http://kereti.de/pdf/igf_109.pdf Der Diskos von Phaistos – Anmerkungen zur Deutung und Textstruktur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005104009/http://kereti.de/pdf/igf_109.pdf |date=2018-10-05  }}". ''[[Indogermanische Forschungen]]''volume 109, issue 2004, pages 204–231. {{doi|10.1515/16130405.204}} {{s2cid|170325659}}</ref> and others.

Some of these proposals point to similarities between some glyphs, such as 12 (SHIELD) [[File:Phaistos glyph 12.svg|40x30px|Phaistos glyph 12]], 43 (STRAINER) [[File:Phaistos glyph 43.svg|40x30px|Phaistos glyph 43]], and 31 (EAGLE) [[File:Phaistos glyph 31.svg|40x30px|Phaistos glyph 31]] to both [[Linear A]] and [[Linear B]] characters, and conjecture that they may have the same phonetic values—respectively 'qe', 'ta', and 'ku'. Based on the [[Linear A]] character distribution patterns collected by Giulio Facchetti,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Statistical data and morphematic elements in Linear A|first=Giulio M.|last=Facchetti|journal=Kadmos|volume= 38|issue= 2. (1999)}}</ref> Torsten Timm goes as far as identifying 20 of the 45 characters with Linear A/B signs.<ref name=timm2005/>