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The Inscriptions on the Antikythera Mechanism
12021-01-26T14:59:15+00:00Charlie Harper296dda6727d6bc9ef05d61a7213be572a58f52bd1054Paul Iversen (Department of Classics)plain2021-05-18T12:01:11+00:00Charlie Harper296dda6727d6bc9ef05d61a7213be572a58f52bd
Paul Iversen (Department of Classics)
Freedman Fellow 2018–2019
Paul Iversen, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair Department of Classics, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, used a 3-D rendering software to decipher the Greek inscriptions incised on the Antikythera Mechanism, the world’s oldest known analogue computer. The instrument was salvaged from a shipwreck dating to 70-50 BCE and dates ca. 200-50 BCE. Iversen’s use of the 3-D rendering software to examine this heavily corroded device will result in a new edition of the inscriptions that could bring new insight into the machine’s operations and provenance.
