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'''Phaistos Disc''' is a [[Unicode block]] containing the characters found on the undeciphered [[Phaistos Disc]] artefact.<br>
'''Phaistos Disc''' is a [[Unicode block]] containing the characters found on the undeciphered [[Phaistos Disc]] artefact.
<br>
[[File:Δίσκος της Φαιστού πλευρά Α 6380.JPG|250px]]<br>
The Phaistos Disc (side A)


==Block==
==Block==
{{Unicode chart Phaistos Disc}}
{{Unicode chart Phaistos Disc}}
{{multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image1=Phaistos Disc - Side A - 6380 - crop1.jpg|width1=220|image2=Phaistos Disc - Side B - 6381 - crop1.jpg|width2=220|footer=The Phaistos Disc, side A (top), side B (bottom)}}
While the consensus of scholars is that the text on the disk should be read in right-to-left order (counterclockwise from the edge inwards, with the start of the text at the bottom), most published works about the disk in languages with left-to-right reading order show the text in left-to-right reading order too. Taking account of this fact, the Unicode [[bidirectional_text|directionality]] property of the characters was set to "left-to-right" (LTR), and the sign images in most Unicode fonts are left-to-right reversed compared to their appearance on the disk.<ref name=ever2006/><ref name=ever2011/>

Some signs occur in the disk in two or more orientations, rotated by 90 or 180 degrees. Therefore, the "normal" orientation of those signs is not known, and may be undefined; each Unicode font may make its own choice.<ref name=ever2006/><ref name=ever2011/>


==History==
==History==
The addition of Phaistos disk signs to Unicode was first proposed by [[John H. Jenkins (computer scientist)|John H. Jenkins]] in 1997,<ref name =jenk1997/> but the addition was approved only after a new proposal by [[Michael Everson]] and John Jenkins in 2006. Their proposal followed included the 45 symbols defined by [[Arthur Evans]] in 1909 <ref name=evans1909/> (and used in practically all scholarly articles) as well as the sign modifier U+101FD PHAISTOS DISK SIGN COMBINING OBLIQUE STROKE (the short diagonal stroke added below some symbols) and the punctuation symbols U+101FE PHAISTOS DISK SIGN SEPARATOR (the radial line between "words") and U+101FF PHAISTOS DISK SIGN START OF TEXT (a radial line with five dots).<ref name=ever2006/> The sign names and the corresponding reference images were taken from a 1995 article by [[Louis Godart]].<ref name=goda1995/>

The Unicode consortium adopted most of their proposal for inclusion in version 5.1 (2008), except the two alleged "punctuation" symbols U+101FE and U+101FF. These two [[code point]]s are still unassigned as of Unicode version 15.0.

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phaistos Disc block:
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phaistos Disc block:


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! class="unsortable" | Final code points<ref group=lower-alpha name=final/> !! class="unsortable" | Count !! class="unsortable" | [[Unicode#Versions|Version]] !! [[International Committee for Information Technology Standards|L2]]&nbsp;ID !! [[ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2|WG2]]&nbsp;ID !! class="unsortable" | Document
! [[Unicode#Versions|Version]] !! {{nobr|Final code points<ref group=lower-alpha name=final/>}} !! Count !! [[International Committee for Information Technology Standards|L2]]&nbsp;ID !! [[ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2|WG2]]&nbsp;ID !! Document
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| rowspan="5" | U+101D0..101FD || rowspan="5" | 46 || rowspan="5" | 5.1 || data-sort-value="1997-106" | [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L1997/97106-Phaistos.pdf L2/97-106] || || {{Citation|title=Proposal to add Phaistos Disk script to ISO/IEC 10646|date=1997-05-22|first=John H.|last=Jenkins}}
| rowspan="9" | 5.1 || rowspan="9" | U+101D0..101FD || rowspan="9" | 46 || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1997/97105-Aegean.pdf L2/97-105]}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1575.pdf N1575] || {{Citation|title=Overview of the Aegean scripts|date=1997-05-21|first=John H.|last=Jenkins|ref=none}}
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="2006-095R" | [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06095-n3066-phaistos.pdf L2/06-095R] || [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3066.pdf N3066R] || {{Citation|title=Proposal for encoding the Phaistos Disc characters|date=2006-04-01|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=John|last2=Jenkins}}
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1997/97106-Phaistos.pdf L2/97-106]}} || || {{Citation|title=Proposal to add Phaistos Disk script to ISO/IEC 10646|date=1997-05-22|first=John H.|last=Jenkins|ref=none}}
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="2007-019" | [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07019-phaistos-props.txt L2/07-019] || || {{Citation|title=Phaistos Disc Property Assignments|date=2007-01-16|first=Rick|last=McGowan}}
| {{nobr|L2/97-288}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc N1603] || {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997|date=1997-10-24|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=8.24.1}}
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="2011-126" | [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11126-phaistos-errata.pdf L2/11-126] || || {{Citation|title=Phaistos Disc Glyph Errata|date=2011-05-02|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06095-n3066-phaistos.pdf L2/06-095R]}} || [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3066.pdf N3066R] || {{Citation|title=Proposal for encoding the Phaistos Disc characters|date=2006-04-01|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|first2=John|last2=Jenkins|ref=none}}
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="2011-166" | [http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11166-phaistos-response.pdf L2/11-166] || || {{Citation|title=Response to L2/11-126 Phaistos Disc Errata|date=2011-05-06|first=Michael|last=Everson}}
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06108.htm L2/06-108]}} || || {{Citation|title=UTC #107 Minutes|date=2006-05-25|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=C.8}}
|-
| || {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3103.pdf N3103 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3103.doc doc]) || {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27|date=2006-08-25|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=M48.13}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07019-phaistos-props.txt L2/07-019]}} || || {{Citation|title=Phaistos Disc Property Assignments|date=2007-01-16|first=Rick|last=McGowan|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11126-phaistos-errata.pdf L2/11-126]}} || || {{Citation|title=Phaistos Disc Glyph Errata|date=2011-05-02|first=Deborah|last=Anderson|ref=none}}
|-
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11166-phaistos-response.pdf L2/11-166]}} || || {{Citation|title=Response to L2/11-126 Phaistos Disc Errata|date=2011-05-06|first=Michael|last=Everson|ref=none}}
|- class="sortbottom"
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan=6 | {{reflist|group=lower-alpha|refs=<ref name=final>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names</ref>}}
| colspan="6" | {{reflist|group=lower-alpha|refs=<ref name=final>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names</ref>}}
|}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
<references>
{{reflist}}
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<ref name=jenk1997>John Jenkins (1997): "[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1997/97106-Phaistos.pdf Proposal to add Phaistos Disk script to ISO/IEC 10646]". [[ANSI]]/[[NCITS]] Accredited Standards Committee publication L2/97-106, 1997-05-22.</ref>
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<ref name=ever2006>Michael Everson and John Jenkins (1997): "[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06095-n3066-phaistos.pdf Proposal for encoding the Phaistos Disc characters in the SMP of the UCS]", ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 Working Group Document N3066R (L2/06-095R), 2006-04-01.</ref>

<ref name=goda1995>Louis Godart (1995): ''The Phaistos Disc: the enigma of an Aegean script''. translaed by Alexandra Doumas. Éditions Itanos. {{isbn|960-7549-02-3}}</ref>

<ref name=evans1909>Arthur J. Evans (1909): ''Scripta Minoa, the written documents of Minoan Crete, with special reference to the archives of Knossos'', Classic Books, {{ISBN|0-7426-4005-1}}</ref>

<ref name=ever2011>Michael Everson (2011): "[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11166-phaistos-response.pdf Response to L2/11‐126 'Phaistos Disc Errata']" ISO Working Group Document L2/11-166, 2011-05-06.</ref>

</references>
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[[Category:Unicode blocks]]
[[Category:Computer-related introductions in 2008]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Greece]]
[[Category:Palaeography]]

Latest revision as of 16:22, 26 July 2024

Phaistos Disc
RangeU+101D0..U+101FF
(48 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon (45 char.)
Inherited (1 char.)
Assigned46 code points
Unused2 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)46 (+46)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Phaistos Disc is a Unicode block containing the characters found on the undeciphered Phaistos Disc artefact.

Block

[edit]
Phaistos Disc[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+101Dx 𐇐 𐇑 𐇒 𐇓 𐇔 𐇕 𐇖 𐇗 𐇘 𐇙 𐇚 𐇛 𐇜 𐇝 𐇞 𐇟
U+101Ex 𐇠 𐇡 𐇢 𐇣 𐇤 𐇥 𐇦 𐇧 𐇨 𐇩 𐇪 𐇫 𐇬 𐇭 𐇮 𐇯
U+101Fx 𐇰 𐇱 𐇲 𐇳 𐇴 𐇵 𐇶 𐇷 𐇸 𐇹 𐇺 𐇻 𐇼 𐇽
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
The Phaistos Disc, side A (top), side B (bottom)

While the consensus of scholars is that the text on the disk should be read in right-to-left order (counterclockwise from the edge inwards, with the start of the text at the bottom), most published works about the disk in languages with left-to-right reading order show the text in left-to-right reading order too. Taking account of this fact, the Unicode directionality property of the characters was set to "left-to-right" (LTR), and the sign images in most Unicode fonts are left-to-right reversed compared to their appearance on the disk.[3][4]

Some signs occur in the disk in two or more orientations, rotated by 90 or 180 degrees. Therefore, the "normal" orientation of those signs is not known, and may be undefined; each Unicode font may make its own choice.[3][4]

History

[edit]

The addition of Phaistos disk signs to Unicode was first proposed by John H. Jenkins in 1997,[5] but the addition was approved only after a new proposal by Michael Everson and John Jenkins in 2006. Their proposal followed included the 45 symbols defined by Arthur Evans in 1909 [6] (and used in practically all scholarly articles) as well as the sign modifier U+101FD PHAISTOS DISK SIGN COMBINING OBLIQUE STROKE (the short diagonal stroke added below some symbols) and the punctuation symbols U+101FE PHAISTOS DISK SIGN SEPARATOR (the radial line between "words") and U+101FF PHAISTOS DISK SIGN START OF TEXT (a radial line with five dots).[3] The sign names and the corresponding reference images were taken from a 1995 article by Louis Godart.[7]

The Unicode consortium adopted most of their proposal for inclusion in version 5.1 (2008), except the two alleged "punctuation" symbols U+101FE and U+101FF. These two code points are still unassigned as of Unicode version 15.0.

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phaistos Disc block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.1 U+101D0..101FD 46 L2/97-105 N1575 Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Overview of the Aegean scripts
L2/97-106 Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-22), Proposal to add Phaistos Disk script to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/06-095R N3066R Everson, Michael; Jenkins, John (2006-04-01), Proposal for encoding the Phaistos Disc characters
L2/06-108 Moore, Lisa (2006-05-25), "C.8", UTC #107 Minutes
N3103 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-08-25), "M48.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 48, Mountain View, CA, USA; 2006-04-24/27
L2/07-019 McGowan, Rick (2007-01-16), Phaistos Disc Property Assignments
L2/11-126 Anderson, Deborah (2011-05-02), Phaistos Disc Glyph Errata
L2/11-166 Everson, Michael (2011-05-06), Response to L2/11-126 Phaistos Disc Errata
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ a b c Michael Everson and John Jenkins (1997): "Proposal for encoding the Phaistos Disc characters in the SMP of the UCS", ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 Working Group Document N3066R (L2/06-095R), 2006-04-01.
  4. ^ a b Michael Everson (2011): "Response to L2/11‐126 'Phaistos Disc Errata'" ISO Working Group Document L2/11-166, 2011-05-06.
  5. ^ John Jenkins (1997): "Proposal to add Phaistos Disk script to ISO/IEC 10646". ANSI/NCITS Accredited Standards Committee publication L2/97-106, 1997-05-22.
  6. ^ Arthur J. Evans (1909): Scripta Minoa, the written documents of Minoan Crete, with special reference to the archives of Knossos, Classic Books, ISBN 0-7426-4005-1
  7. ^ Louis Godart (1995): The Phaistos Disc: the enigma of an Aegean script. translaed by Alexandra Doumas. Éditions Itanos. ISBN 960-7549-02-3
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