The following table submits values for the pictograms. The current code requires the table to be filled with some values, either the default given, e.g. 'a1' or 'a5', etc. or some tracking character like '$' or other easily visible characters. The table will then place the submitted values in the text of the document. The text fields allow up to three characters, allowing such entries as '(b2' and 'a2)' which would read as '(b2a2)' when these two values occur together in this order - thus it is easy to see potential stems or pre- and post-fixes. It is a fluid program which only imposes the structure of the Phaistos Disk on any values which are submitted in the fields. Another concept would be to enter periods (.) for all fields and only the word lengths would be visible, then selected fields could be entered with easily identifiable characters to observe the location and frequency of these particular values. Any files created can be saved by using the cursor to select the text, since the pseudo HTML generated by the JavaScript can be copied and pasted into a text editor. Tab will move forward through the fields and Shift+Tab will move backward.

As an added note, I wish to draw your attention to the following publication of a statistical decipherment:

Here is the chart of pictograms:

Enter substitution values:
a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9
b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9
c0 c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 c8 c9
d0 d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9
e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5

This comment is from the code, representing default substitution values for the original symbol keys.

/* The following values are Cyrus Gorden's. */ m[12]='qe';m[45]='ra';m[35]='te';m[9]='pi';m[31]='ku'; m[36]='sa';m[33]='mi';m[39]='re';m[25]='i'; m[29]='-u';

A second version of this program, which returns information in a different format.

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