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The inscriptions on the fragments (parapegma, back-cover guide, dial legends): transcription

Documentfree to read (NYU Faculty Digital Archive)Letter forms late third to mid first century BCCopy of The inscriptions on the fragments (parapegma, back-cover guide, dial legends)
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Many letters survive only inside the corrosion and are readable in the CT slices. They name the planets, the dials and the month names; they name no maker or city.

Alexander Jones, Mike Edmunds, Tony Freeth, Yanis Bitsakis and others (Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism), 2005. free to read (NYU Faculty Digital Archive)

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TranscriptionAlexander Jones, Mike Edmunds, Tony Freeth, Yanis Bitsakis and others (Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism) · archive.nyu.edu · 2016 · free to read (NYU Faculty Digital Archive)2 steps from the original

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IraklioHaniaKalamataRodosMuğlaKos1Antikythera shipwreck200 kmAthensAydınPatraIraklio1200 km
Antikythera shipwreck · Shipwreck site

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