Re: The Phaistos Disk.

>
> The point is, on the other hand: A single object like this can't

possibly

> satisfy >scholarly consensus< there is just not enough material to

prove

> anything beyond doubt - for NOBODY. Still even generally renowned

scholars

> as Aartun, the man who has written, as far as I know, THE book on

Ugaritic

> grammar, don't fear disapproval - although any psychologist could

tell him

> that he just can't be able to see from a different point than his own

eyes.

> I've stated once that it ought to be possible to prove the PD was

actually

> Old English (if you just put enough energy in it, although you'd have

a hard

> time with archaeological facts, I admit...) - and the point may well
> be - ought to - humbling all of us a little bit of what we are sure

IS ore

> ISN'T true/possible.

Anyway, how do we know it was a text ? The first impression I had when
looking at a photograph of the phaistos disk is that it was a kind of
game (like the french "jeu de l'oie") with pawns. This is also
unprovable, of course.

Guillaume