Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 117

Holder:: Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth, Ancient Corinth, Greece
Site:: Ancient Corinth, Greece
Material:: Marble, Pentelic
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Cone, Conical
Inventory Number:: A930
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 37.906, Long.: 22.8773

Abstract

Two duckpin-shaped lion legs and feet flank the base. The back is cylindrical.

Measurements

This object has not been measured by the 3D pipeline. Its entry in the catalogue rests on the published description only; no surface fit, latitude or line detection exists for it.

References

– Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 237.
– Schaldach, Karlheinz, Die antiken Sonnenuhren Griechenlands. Festland und Peloponnes, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, p. 129, CD, 31.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-1220

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 117, Ancient Corinth, Inv. Nr. A930, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1220

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