The Phaistos Disk is a clay disk associated with which ancient culture?

• A. Minoan
• B. Mycenaean
• C. Hittite
• D. Sumerian

Answer: (A)

The Phaistos Disk comes from the Minoan culture, a Bronze Age civilization that flourished on the island of Crete. It was found at Phaistos on Crete and dates to the middle to late Bronze Age, a period when the Minoans developed distinctive art and writing practices. The disk bears impressed symbols arranged in a spiral, a style linked to Minoan writing traditions, though the script remains undeciphered. This geographic and cultural context distinguishes it from the others listed: Mycenaeans were on mainland Greece and used Linear B later, while the Hittites were in Anatolia and the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.