This paper presents an edition with translation and commentary of an extended text that was
inscribed on a plate (or conceivably a pair of plates) that lay against the rear face of the
Antikythera Mechanism while it was under the sea. This plate, which may have functioned as …

The bronze plate known as the “Front Cover” of the Antikythera Mechanism had inscriptions
on its outside face. This paper describes the reconstruction of the surviving parts of this text
from the Mechanism's fragments, giving transcriptions and translations. The texts give data …

The rear face of the Mechanism consisted of a rectangular “Back Plate “dominated by two
large spiral dials. The upper five-turn Metonic Dial represented a 235-lunar-month
calendrical cycle while the lower four-turn Saros Dial represented a 223-lunar-month eclipse …