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From: Journal article · Peter Z. Revesz · 2016
Full Translation, Transliteration, Collation (full)
Minoan ⟶ English a
Line | Transliteration | Translation |
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Side A | ||
Collation added by redactor. | ||
A-1 | f-3-͡ts m-13 u*-k-n-ʃ-ʃ-j*-k | Chief god of all, our ruler. |
A-2 | f-3-͡ts n-t-d m-13-j*-k | Chief god, you protect all of us. |
A-3 | j*-p-ɲ t-17-s-ɒ ʃ-s-l-m-ʃ-j*-k | Come light’s spring, shine again |
A-4 | p-ɲ-j*-k m-l s-d-͡ts-o-ʃ-k | Shine warm and glorious rays. |
A-5 | p-ɲ-j*-k d-h u*-k-n-ʃ-ʃ-j*-k | Light up strong, our ruler. |
A-6 | p-ɲ-j*-k m-l s-d-͡ts-o-ʃ-k | Shine warm and glorious rays. |
A-7 | i-ʒ f-d-l-j*-k v-40-ɟ͡ʝ-m n-t-ɟ͡ ʝ-j*-k | For our hot cover, to rise we pray. |
A-8 | n-p-ɲ s-ɒ-j*-k ɛ-44-ʃ | Sunlight, our dear ancestor mother, |
A-9 | j*-v-c͡ ç-ʃ h-40-4-j*-k m-j-j | Help our ships sailing on the seas |
A-10 | v-c͡ ç-j j*-40-z s-m-13-j*-k | And all of us. |
Side B | ||
B-1 | v-c͡ ç o-d-m-j v-d-n-ɒ-k | Water flows westward. |
B-2 | v-s-ʒ-b-n ɛ-v-r-j-g z-s-d-v | Takes you fast to Iberia by the evening. |
B-3 | v-c͡ ç-v n-s-v o-d-m-ʃ ɛ-v-r-j-g | With water you … flow to Iberia. |
B-4 | v-c͡ ç -j 13-ɛ-j | Its water swallows you. |
B-5 | ɛ-v-r-j m-ʃ-n-k h-ʒ-l-n-ɒ | The Iberian king’s twenty daughters |
B-6 | m-h-j s-m-16 n-20-z-z-j | Bend over and sadly watch the horizon. |
B-7 | m-f-o-ʃ 40-r-p-k n-40-z-v o-42-k-g | Flying while shooting arrows Sagittarius |
B-8 | s-m-13-v-s h-ʒ-m-13 | And the other stars chase you back. |
B-9 | 43-s-d-16 j*-20-z-h ʃ-o-g | All drift away during the night to Asia, |
B-10 | 5-d-k-k n-v-c͡ ç-ʃ v-40-g-j*-k | Where you, our light, … ascend. |
Source(s) a Revesz, "Phaistos Disk Translation", 95-98 launch . |
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Minoan Sun Hymn": English Translation of Phaistos Disk by Peter Z. Revesz." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 13 Jul. 2020, omnika.org/stable/888. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
OMNIKA (2020, July 13). "Minoan Sun Hymn": English Translation of Phaistos Disk by Peter Z. Revesz. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/888
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Minoan Sun Hymn": English Translation of Phaistos Disk by Peter Z. Revesz." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 13, 2020. Accessed October 9, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/888.