Re: Phaistos disk (was: boustrophedon)

On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 03:17, Tim May wrote:
> Jeff Jones writes:
>  > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:45:58 EDT, J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> 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...)
>  > >
>  > >---------------------------------------------------------------------~->
>  > >Hanuman Zhang
>  >
>  > It's obviously a conlang/script, left behind by an absent-minded time-
>  > traveller.
>
> Why should a timetraveller be necessary?  Can't the Minoans produce
> native conlanger/potters?
When was the last time you saw a Minoan American? :P

Tristan