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Re: Phaistos disk (was: boustrophedon)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 4:17
Zhang wrote:


>In a message dated 07/14/2002 11.37.10 PM, Ray Brown writes: > >>> My opinion is that it's a game board. > > An early version of _Life_, mayhaps? or Steps-&-Ladders? > > Or perhaps it is both a game and an oracle in "a nicely designed 2-in-1 >portable package"? (Or even a prototype that never caught on...)
Maybe because it didn't quite work?? (Your oracle may differ.....) Not a game!! Not an oracle!! It's an oracle-game!! (Get yours today!!) (Sorry. But I've had "soap-creme" lodged in my mind for 20 or 30 years.....if anyone else remembers that one.)