Phaestos Disc-Bronze Sculpture-Minoan order Palace of Phaistos-Crete-Bronze Age-Ancient Greece-Museum Reproduction

order Phaestos Disc-Bronze Sculpture-Minoan Palace of Phaistos-Crete-Bronze Age-Ancient Greece-Museum Reproduction

Details:
Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze with Green patina
Height on stand: 22 cm - 8.6 inches
Diameter of disc: 15 cm - 5.9 inches
Weight: 1.2 Kg
The Phaistos Disc is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the Greek island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC). It is about 15 cm (5.9 in) in diameter and covered on both sides with a spiral of stamped symbols. Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture, remain disputed, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology. This unique object is now on display at the archaeological museum of Heraklion. The Minoan Civilization thrived in the Bronze age (in roughly 3,000 BC) within the Aegean. The center of this civilization was Crete while the Palace of Knossos is today a visitable excavation area with remarkable original restored exhibits from the ancient Palace. (050A)