Μεσορή

Mesorē

Greek · noun

variants Μεσωρή : Mesōrē , Μεσορ : Mesor , Μεσο : Meso

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

Meanings

1. Mesore (month XII)

Literal translation

Mesore

1. Mesore (month XII)

1.a 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

Cite this entry

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac766,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Μεσορή ({Lemma} #766)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/766/},
}