# Jones 2020: The Epoch Dates of the Antikythera Mechanism (With an Appendix on its Authenticity)

> Alexander Jones, 2020. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for dating and for the relation between epoch and manufacture.

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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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## What it's used for here

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

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The scheme uses a 205 BC epoch but the object was made later, in the second or first century BC, up to the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/answers/ANS0D3FQCCG615X/the-scheme-uses-a-205-bc-epoch-but-the-object-was-made-later)

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[Jones argues the design decisions behind both epochs could have been made as late as the shipwreck.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQCMA2CA4/jones-argues-the-design-decisions-behind-both-epochs-could)

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[Alexander Jones](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/people/FIG0D3FQ2C631E9/alexander-jones)

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

The mystery article

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[When was the mechanism made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/questions/QST0D3FQ5HR1FYH/when-was-the-mechanism-made)

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## Cite it

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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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