# Jones 2016: The Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism. 2. Historical Background and General Observations

> Alexander Jones, 2016. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for discovery, fragments and the state of the inscriptions.

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# The Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism. 2. Historical Background and General Observations

Alexander Jones, 2016. _Almagest_.

The historical part of the inscriptions edition: the 1900 to 1902 discovery and the Stais story, the fragment inventory (A to G, 1 to 75, 82 in 2005), palaeographic dating of the letters, and the wreck. Almagest 7(1).

**Antikythera Mechanism** Articledoi: **[10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.110733](https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.110733)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for discovery, fragments and the state of the inscriptions.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[Fragment C (front dial with zodiac and calendar rings)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/artifacts/ART0D3FQJFT7ZJD/fragment-c-front-dial-with-zodiac-and-calendar-rings)

ART

[The Antikythera Mechanism fragments (X 15087)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/artifacts/ART0D3FQHGJ7DZP/the-antikythera-mechanism-fragments-x-15087)

ART

[The inscriptions on the fragments (parapegma, back-cover guide, dial legends)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/artifacts/ART0D3FQKYP5TZQ/the-inscriptions-on-the-fragments-parapegma-back-cover-guide)

ART

[Letter forms are dated to roughly the late third to mid first century BC, which admits but does not require…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQC4P6B1P/letter-forms-are-dated-to-roughly-the-late-third-to-mid)

Evidence

EVD

[The device is a display calculator with extensive explanatory inscriptions.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQB5E0K6R/the-device-is-a-display-calculator-with-extensive)

Evidence

EVD

[Sponge divers salvage the Antikythera wreck for the Greek state](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/events/EVT0D3FQ3BE0WFN/sponge-divers-salvage-the-antikythera-wreck-for-the-greek)

EVT

[Valerios Stais is credited with recognising gears and inscriptions in a corroded fragment](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/events/EVT0D3FQ3K83RXV/valerios-stais-is-credited-with-recognising-gears-and)

EVT

[Valerios Stais](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/people/FIG0D3FQ1MR6P5F/valerios-stais)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Jones, A. (2016). The Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism. 2. Historical Background and General Observations. Almagest. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.110733
```

[Read it free at archive.nyu.edu](https://archive.nyu.edu/bitstream/2451/71597/5/IAM%202%20jones-2016-historical-background-and-general-observations.pdf)

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