Dialface ID 123
Abstract
This white marble sundial’s limbus is set off by a wide lip following the shape of the dial face. In the corners of the upper part of the front, two triangular shapes with another triangle inside of them can be distinguished. These triangles transition into two sturdy, double concave legs flanking the rest of the base. Gibbs: A complete bronze gnomon remains in lead fill at the top of the dial. An 18.7 mm wide relief lip borders the front circular section. […] Paris reports seeing construction-related markings on the side and top. I found only a trace of the meridian engraved on the oblique front. Schaldach: Der Limbus ist 19 mm breit. Die Vorderfläche ist an den Enden leicht konvex gekrümmt. Im Zwickel über den Füßen befinden sich Dreiecksornamente. Eine Herkunft aus der Sammlung Meletopoulos, wie bei Gibbs angegeben, ist im Register nicht vermerkt.
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. 242.
- – Schaldach, Karlheinz, Die antiken Sonnenuhren Griechenlands. Festland und Peloponnes, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, p. 124, no. 25.
- – Paris, J., Un Cadran Solaire Ancien du Pirée, 1914, p. 121 ff.