Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 118

Abstract

Only the upper part of the animal legs remains. The feet are broken off. In between in the centre there is a rosette with eight outer and eight smaller inner petals. A mounting hole (?) has been drilled into the lower frontal part of the base. Gibbs: Part of a 50 mm deep gnomon hole remains in the top surface. […] A relief design on the left and right sides consists of a spiral and a sprouting calyx. Schaldach: Unter den Resten der Löwenbeine befindet sich ein Befestigungsloch.

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, p. 241, plate 29.
  • – Schaldach, Karlheinz, Die antiken Sonnenuhren Griechenlands. Festland und Peloponnes, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, p. 128, CD, 30.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-1223

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 118, Corinth, Inv. Nr. A924, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1223

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