A Bronze Age potter creating pottery on a potter's wheel could have observed the interesting effect of spin and created the Phaistos Disk as a result of the observation. I have done what the pottery could not - run the image of the Disk through gif animation software.
Connect the 14 matching "Warrior" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age. The triangle in the center appears to spin counterclockwise.
Connect the 15 matching "Star" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, Constellation Argo; Connect 14 "Shield" pictographs on Side 1, Star Sirius; Connect 6 "Pyramid" pictographs on Side 1, Great Pyramid, Exterior.
Obviously, these two polygons were measured and placed specifically onto the Phaistos Disk. What does it mean, what is the purpose? I'm not sure. When set in motion they reveal identical geometries on the disk. The animation produces an amazing image that seems to imply it was deliberately created to produce this effect. It is likely that these two pictographs combined together this way in several line segments express a specific meaning, unfortunately lost on us. Today, we call this Serpent-Bird symbolism.
Connect the 3 matching "Coffin" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, Right Triangle.
Spinning Clockwise, Two Upside-Down Pyramids on the Disk Overlaid onto Each Other
Connect the 5 matching "Serpent" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, Upside-Down Pyramid; Connect the 5 matching "Vulture" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, Upside-Down Pyramid.
Polygon in Motion
Connect the 5 matching "5-Branch" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon Spinning Clockwise
Connect the 5 matching "Golden Fleece" pictographs on side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon in Motion
Connect the 5 matching "Pillar, Telescope" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon Spinning Clockwise appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 5 matching "Boat" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age. The image appears to spin counterclockwise.
Polygon in Motion
Connect the 5 matching "Fork" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygons in Motion
Polygon Spinning Clockwise
Connect the 5 matching "Warrior" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon Spinning Clockwise
Connect the 5 matching "Fish" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age. Polygon Spinning Clockwise Appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 4 matching "Water" pictographs on side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon Spinning Clockwise, Spiral Appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 4 matching "Ivy" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon Spinning Clockwise Appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 4 matching "Telescope" pictographs on side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age. Polygon Spinning Clockwise Appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 4 matching "Oar" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon Spinning Clockwise
Connect the 4 matching "Glove" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Obtuse Triangle Spinning Clockwise Appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 3 matching "Carpenter's Tool" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a triangle in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Triangle Spinning Clockwise
Connect the 3 matching "Marsh Grass" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a triangle in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Acute Triangle Spinning Clockwise Appears to Spin Counterclockwise
Connect the 3 matching "Star" pictographs on Side 1 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a triangle in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Triangle Spinning Clockwise
Connect the 3 matching "Spindle" pictographs on Side 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a triangle in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Polygon in Motion
Connect the 4 matching "Mother" pictographs on Sides 1 and 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a polygon in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Straight Line in Motion
Yoke together the 2 matching "Yoke" pictographs on Sides 1 and 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a straight line in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Triangle in Motion
Connect the 3 matching "Bird" pictographs on Sides 1 and 2 of the Phaistos Disk to reveal a larger, hidden pictograph, a triangle in pre-Euclidean geometry of the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
Straight Lines Spinning Clockwise
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