Μεσορή
Mesorē

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Mesore (month XII)
Literal translation Mesore
Variants
Μεσορή Mesorē
Μεσωρή Mesōrē
Μεσορ Mesor abbreviation
Μεσο Meso abbreviation
Edited by
Mesore (month XII) month, time interval

month XII in the Alexandrian and Egyptian calendar

...μ]ζ δ Μεσορή κα γ λϛ νη νε δ Μεσορή [...

‘...4]7 4 Mesore 21 3 36 58 55 4 Mesore [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4148 5

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 237 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 119-121 + II: 48-53

... Με]σωρή | κ. [...

‘... Me]sore | 2x [...’

— P. Stras. inv. 1097 2

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.

...] | | Μεσορ | κθ [...

‘...] | | Mesor(e) | 29 [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4153 18

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 215 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 125-126 + II: 68-69

... Φα]ρμ Μεσορ´ κ ι β ιζ [...

‘... Pha]rm(outhi) Mesor(e) 20 10 2 17 [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4212 6

Genre: mathematical astronomy: five-day almanac
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 218 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 226 + II: 314-315

...] (ἔτος) ια | Μεσο | ζ κ[...

‘...] year 11 | Meso(re) | 7 2[x ...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4160 34

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

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Μεσορή (Lemma #766). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Μεσορή (Lemma #766). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Μεσορή (Lemma #766). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Μεσορή (Lemma #766), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac766,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Μεσορή ({Lemma} #766)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/},
}