An attempt to begin the translation of the Minoan script. Includes: Introductory section; Phoenician alphabet and its affinities; Earliest inscriptions: the formulas for leader, Knossos, Minos, etc.; Religious formulas: the Phaestos whorl and the name Velkhanos, etc.; Phaestos disk; Other Minoan inscriptions: the labels and libation tables; Epilogue.