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The Epoch Dates of the Antikythera Mechanism (With an Appendix on its Authenticity)

Alexander Jones, 2020. ISAW Papers 17.

Confirms the eclipse-sequence dating, reaffirms the calendrical epoch, explains both in terms of Hellenistic calendar regulation, and argues the design could have been made as late as the shipwreck. Includes an appendix on authenticity.

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Source for dating and for the relation between epoch and manufacture.

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Jones, A. (2020). The Epoch Dates of the Antikythera Mechanism (With an Appendix on its Authenticity). ISAW Papers 17. http://hdl.handle.net/2451/61000
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