Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 110

Abstract

Gibbs: The gnomon hole in the sop surface is 48 mm long, 8 mm wide and 38 mm deep. Three lightly engraved parallel day curves cross eleven heavy hour lines. All hour lines extend beyond the winter solstice toward the gnomon hole. Two lion feet decorate the sides and the base. The side decoration also includes a rosette, calyx, and acanthus stalk, all of which spring from the calf of the lion´s leg. Schaldach: Das Gnomonloch hat eine Größe von 48 mm x 10 mm, Tiefe 38 mm. Limbus 23 mm breit.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 113, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.

References

  • – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 231.
  • – Schaldach, Karlheinz, Die antiken Sonnenuhren Griechenlands. Festland und Peloponnes, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, p. 109-110, CD, 19.

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DOI

10.17171/1-1-1152

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 110, Athens, Inv. Nr. ST780, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1152

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