Μεχείρ

Mecheir

Greek · noun

variants Μεικίρ : Meikir , Μεχεί : Mechei , Μεχ : Mech

Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-11-03

Meanings

1. Mecheir (month VI)

Literal translation

Mecheir

1. Mecheir (month VI)

1.a Mecheir (month VI) month, time interval

month VI in the Alexandrian and Egyptian calendar

Μετὰ δὲ ἔτη τμα Αἰγυπτιακὰ καὶ ἡμέρας πζ ἡμεῖς ἐτηρήσαμεν τι η τῆς Τραιανοῦ καίσαρος ἡγεμονίας πρὸ μιᾶς καλανδῶν Ἰανουαρίων Μεχεὶρ ζ εἰς τὴν η.

‘And after 341 Egyptian years and 87 days we observed something, the 8th (year) of emperor Trajan's rule, the day before the first - the kalends - of January, Mecheir 7 until the 8th.’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4133 3-8

Genre: astronomical treatise Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 2nd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 69-80 + II: 2-5

This papyrus contains parts of a treatise on planetary theory which might be attributed to Menelaus of Alexandria. 341 Egyptian years is most likely a scribal error for 344 years.

...] Μεικίρ | α [...

‘...] Mecheir | 1 [...’

— P. Stras. inv. 1097 7

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table Provenance: ? Date: 1st century CE

Jones, A., 2018. P. Stras. inv. 1097: An Astronomical Epoch Table for Jupiter, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 207: 179-188.

...] | Μεχεί | [...

‘...] | Mechei(r) | [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4160 40

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: after 79 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 145-148 + II: 88-91

...] | ε | [...] | [... ...] | Μεχ | [...

‘...] | 5 | [...] | [... ...] | Mech(eir) | [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4151 17

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: after 254 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 122-123 + II: 62-65

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Peeters, T. (2024). Μεχείρ (Lemma #759). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/759/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Peeters, T. (2024). Μεχείρ (Lemma #759). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/759/

MLA (9th)

Peeters, T. (2024). Μεχείρ (Lemma #759). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/759/

Harvard

Peeters, T. (2024) Μεχείρ (Lemma #759), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/759/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac759,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Μεχείρ ({Lemma} #759)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/759/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/759/},
}