Minoan Cretan Hieroglyphics (2000 BCE)

(June 6, 2023) These seals precede the creation of the Phaistos Disk. These show the first stage of Minoan writing in which the signs are still pictographic but their words are so short that they also represent phonetic sounds (ba) and not syllabic (bab) sounds like cuneiform. Many of these signs later evolved into Minoan Linear A script. These seals demonstrate Minoan Akkadian writing developed independently of Mesopotamian Cuneiform.

For translation methodology see: How to Translate Alphabetic Akkadian Texts

Map of Minoan Crete
East side of Crete. The cities of Knossos and Phaistos controlled the largest valleys in Crete. After an earthquake destroyed Phaistos, Knossos came to rule the whole island. Notice the sacred cave on Mount Dikte in the center of the island. This word means "place of raising motion-magic powers" in Akkadian from Diku.Te

Minoan Crete

(August 27, 2022)  Crete started to be settled by the Neolithic farmers around 7,000 BCE who established the city of Knossos (Evans, 1994). Settlements were soon established all across the island (Tomkins, 2008). The Minoan civilization emerged around 3000 BCE when a noticeable increase in the number and sophistication of its material goods occurred. The Minoan civilization ended on Crete when the island was conquered by the Myceneans around 1450 BCE which was between the volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini in 1620 BCE (Höflmayer 2012) and before the Great Drought of 1170 BCE which ended the Bronze Age. So what motivated this invasion is unknown.

The Phaistos Disk is a hybrid phonetic/alphabetic text dating to about 1900 BCE which is at the end of the 4.2 ka BP event (4,200 before present drought). It is a philosophical/religious debate about the cause of a recent drought. Additionally, it shows the start of the three main fault lines in Druidic culture which would soon develop into their own subcultures (religions) which are: Aegean (don't mix the life and magical motion power classes), Phoenician/Punic (devoted to the magical motion powers), Israelite (devoted to the life powers). Minoans already seem to be leaning towards the Aegean position. 

References

Evans, J. D. (1994). The early millennia: Continuity and change in a farming settlement. In D. Evely, H. Hughes-Breck, & N. Mornigliano (Eds.), Knossos: labyrinth of history (pp. 1–20). London, UK: British School at Athens.
Höflmayer (2012) The Date of the Minoan Santorini Eruption: Quantifying the “Offset” Radiocarbon, volume 54, Issue 3-4. Cambridge University Press. Published online on July 18, 2016 at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/date-of-the-minoan-santorini-eruption-quantifying-the-offset/F2FB5ECEE5D46FCF9272EA357364CCDF
Tomkins, P. D. (2008). Time, space and the reinvention of the cre-tan neolithic. In V. Isaakidou & P. Tomkins (Eds.), Escapingthe labyrinth, the Cretan Neolithic in context, Sheffield stud-ies in Aegean archaeology (pp. 21–48). Oxford, UK: OxbowBooks
https://www.explorecrete.com/crete-archaeology-history.htm

Green Cat Seal Centered on God Su - Minoan Text 16.1

(November 11, 2023) The signs are (top to bottom): 

Akkadian

(verb in italic-bold)
  1. Gu  Pa'u  ŠaTTa

English Translation

  1. Energize the divine-birds of the cat (Su)

The divine birds of Su are the owls. Su is represented by the dark new moon and with the pupil of the eye. Thus Su corresponds to both sources of motion, the heavenly bodies of the night sky, and a person/animal’s inner emotions. This eye correspondence gives rise to Su’s main epithet which is “observer.” The new moon defines the monthly cycles so Su is also “father time” or "time-keeper" (ŠT). The causal fluid of this class is “breaths” and “winds” (depending on which motion class) which would later be translated as “spirits.”   Another correspondence comes from Su’s association with eyes and that is with the cat (Akkadian ŠRN). The /š/ sound is pronounced something like /sk/ or /st/. The /sk/ sound leads to the English word “cat” via "skat." As a motion power correspondence cats were very popular with Egyptians as an addition to their main life deities. The temple to the cat was “Bastet” which means “house of the cat.”
Seal at Heraklion Archaeological Museum on Crete. Image from Ingo Pini via Wikemedia Commons at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pini-plombe-orig-II2_316d_3.2.jpg

Halley's Comet Seal (1988 BCE) - Minoan Text 16.2

Top sign is an illustration, perhaps of a comet. The bottom two signs are the phoneme signs Li (chicken) and a'u (glottal stop meaning full moon god Su). Together they form the Akkadian word word Li'u meaning
  •  "Astrological powers." 

(See Bronze Age Letter Chart.) Su is the full moon motion source god of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm.  
The comet is likely Halley's comet which would have returned around 1836, 1912, and 1988 BCE (every 76 years).
Image from: Decorte, R. P-J. E. (2017) ‘Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Nature of Script’ in Steele, P. M. (ed.) Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems, Oxford (Oxbow), ch. 3. Online at: https://www.academia.edu/11612879/Decorte_R_P_J_E_2017_Cretan_Hieroglyphic_and_the_Nature_of_Script_in_Steele_P_M_ed_Understanding_Relations_Between_Scripts_The_Aegean_Writing_Systems_33_56_Oxford_Oxbow
Minoan birth seal

Birth Seal - Minoan Text 16.3

Top sign is an illustration The bottom two signs (with sound source words) are Š (sprout) and Ḫ (alarm) which as the word ŠaḪu meaning:
  •  "Spirit catching" or "Wind-catching." 

(See Bronze Age Letter Chart.)
Image from: Decorte, R. P-J. E. (2017) ‘Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Nature of Script’ in Steele, P. M. (ed.) Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems, Oxford (Oxbow), ch. 3. Online at: https://www.academia.edu/11612879/Decorte_R_P_J_E_2017_Cretan_Hieroglyphic_and_the_Nature_of_Script_in_Steele_P_M_ed_Understanding_Relations_Between_Scripts_The_Aegean_Writing_Systems_33_56_Oxford_Oxbow
Minoan full moon seals

(Sept. 13, 2022) Su is the full moon god and motion power source which pushes the divine fertility fluids through the life network. Openings are the gate which has to be opened in order to allow fertility fluids to flow into the physical realm and thus trigger the manifestation of the life forms. The "winged-powers" are the eagle-vultures which edit the links of that network and the owls which edit the flow rate of the fertility fluids through the network.

  1. (Text 16.4) Su Lu Pu [ ] - "Su is going without [adjective] openings. (Ongoing sentence form with verb in middle. It is read from right to left or top to bottom with axe blade pointing to the right like the green cat seal. This seal has two side holes which should be ignored.)
  2. (Text 16.5) Su Pu E - "Su does not bring openings" (statement form with verb at end. Read left to right or top to bottom with axe blade pointing right)
  3. (Text 16.6) GiPuE E Su - "Winged-powers are not bringing Su" (Ongoing sentence form with verb in middle. Read left to right with axe blade up. Last word has three signs read left to right)
  4. (Text 16.7) Su E Pu - "Su does not bring openings" (Ongoing sentence form with verb in middle. Read left to right with axe blade up. This seal has two side holes which should be ignored.)

Image from: Decorte, R. P-J. E. (2017) ‘Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Nature of Script’ in Steele, P. M. (ed.) Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems, Oxford (Oxbow), ch. 3. Online at: https://www.academia.edu/11612879/Decorte_R_P_J_E_2017_Cretan_Hieroglyphic_and_the_Nature_of_Script_in_Steele_P_M_ed_Understanding_Relations_Between_Scripts_The_Aegean_Writing_Systems_33_56_Oxford_Oxbow

Minoan full moon and cat seals

(Sept. 13, 2022) Su is the full moon god and motion power source which pushes the divine fertility fluids through the life network. Openings are the gate which has to be opened in order to allow fertility fluids to flow into the physical realm and thus trigger the manifestation of the life forms. The "drink-providing-powers" could be either the fresh water springs or those responsible for alcoholic drinks.

  1. (Text 16.8) E Pu SaBi Ki - "No openings are due to the drink-providing-powers" (Statement sentence form with verb at end. Read left to right or top to bottom with axe blade pointing right)
  2. (Text 16.9) Su Pu E - "Su does not bring openings" (Statement sentence form with verb at end. Read left to right or top to bottom with axe blade pointing right)
  3. (Text 16.10) Su Pu Ša - "Su is opening the ritual-correspondences" (Ongoing sentence form with verb in middle.)
  4. (Text 16.11) Gi Pu Su Ša (Drawing of Green Seal above)

Image from: Decorte, R. P-J. E. (2017) ‘Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Nature of Script’ in Steele, P. M. (ed.) Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems, Oxford (Oxbow), ch. 3. Online at: https://www.academia.edu/11612879/Decorte_R_P_J_E_2017_Cretan_Hieroglyphic_and_the_Nature_of_Script_in_Steele_P_M_ed_Understanding_Relations_Between_Scripts_The_Aegean_Writing_Systems_33_56_Oxford_Oxbow