# Fragment C (front dial with zodiac and calendar rings)

> Carries the surviving arc of the calendar ring and the 81 holes beneath it whose spacing is the evidence in the 354 or 365 dispute.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/artifacts/ART0D3FQJFT7ZJD/fragment-c-front-dial-with-zodiac-and-calendar-rings  
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**ART** 0D3FQJFT7ZJD·Artifact · object

# Fragment C (front dial with zodiac and calendar rings)

PhotographCC BY 4.0As above

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Carries the surviving arc of the calendar ring and the 81 holes beneath it whose spacing is the evidence in the 354 or 365 dispute.

Logg Tandy. CC BY 4.0

## Copies 3

**Photo** AMRP (PTM, brightened, 21–34) · archive.nyu.edu · 2005-09 · ODbLPrimary source: [Antikythera Mechanism PTMs (collection, Texts and Artifacts of Ancient Astronomy)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D3FPXFY6C4S/antikythera-mechanism-ptms-collection-texts-and-artifacts-of)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/44446)

**Photo** Logg Tandy · commons.wikimedia.org · 2025-02-25 · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antikythera_Fragment_C_(Front).webp)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/d81b1d553c6581f95547d57e8e4bd6d3bc283cab1f5474ed71fc66c12b0908e6)

**Picture** Logg Tandy · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antikythera_Fragment_C_(Front).webp)

## Where it was made

[Antikythera shipwreck](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D3FQ1544VAE/antikythera-shipwreck) · Shipwreck site

## Sources 2

- [The Antikythera Mechanism: Evidence of a Lunar Calendar](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D3FPYYT2M16/the-antikythera-mechanism-evidence-of-a-lunar-calendar)_SRC_
- [The Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism. 2. Historical Background and General Observations](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D3FPXZJ76EP/the-inscriptions-of-the-antikythera-mechanism-2-historical)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Fragment C (front dial with zodiac and calendar rings) [Artifact ART0D3FQJFT7ZJD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D3FQJFT7ZJD
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Key

**ART** 0D3FQJFT7ZJD

Kind

Object

Held by

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Dated

as above

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Place

[Antikythera shipwreck](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D3FQ1544VAE/antikythera-shipwreck)

Part of

[Antikythera Mechanism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism)

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