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Lyon: The Gallic Calendar of Coligny
Detail of the Gallic Calendar of Coligny (Musée de la civilisation Gallo-Romain).
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VIII of the Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine in Lyon
contains the Gallic Calendar of Coligny. This unique inscription,
engraved on a bronze plaque, shows five years of a lunar calendar
during the late 1st to 2nd century AD.
Written in a Celtic
language not yet fully translated, the calendar shows months of 29-30
days, with an intercalary day every 30 months. The word Atenoux, found
at the middle of each month and seen at the top of this section of the
calendar, probably indicates the full moon.
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