Hans Wrote:
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> On another board a question was raised about the
> Antikythera Mechanism being based on an earlier
> Chaldean design.
>
> The question is, did the Babylonians/Chaldeans
> have a background/history of developing such
> devices or 'being clever with gearing'?

I hope someone knows. I knew a Chaldean fellow, he lent me a book on Chaldean-Assyrian religious-cultural history, kings list, gilgamesh etc. I don't remember reading anything about geared devices of any form, beyond the very simplest. Nothing comparable to the Antikythera at all. Possible though.
DDeden