Plaster reproduction of the Phaistos Disk.
Diam. (irregular) 16.8 x thickness 2.5 cm (6 5/8 x 1 in.)
Leaded bronze
7th-1st century BCEEgyptianGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseIvory
18th centuryAustrianPlaster
19th centuryItalianGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
7th centuryChineseMarble
18th centuryFrenchMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseCast iron
20th centuryGermanWood
15th-16th centuryGermanItalian marble (?)
2nd century CERomanClay, unfired
Central AsianWalnut
19th-20th centuryFrench