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Dialface ID 125

Abstract

The base is flanked by two broad legs with a cyma recta profile. In their middle, there is a rudimentary greek inscription: ΙΗΝΩ // ΝΩΝΙ // [Η] ΡΩΙ . Gibbs: Semicircular gnomon hole is 27.5 mm deep. […] A series of lines related to the construction of this dial are preserved on its top surface.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 127, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

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

Variant Frag1

Quality gradenot graded (completeness 0 %)
Dial surfacenot fitted
Latitude φno latitude determined
Engraved lines0 hour lines, 0 day lines
Cone half-angle αnot applicable or not determined

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References

  • – Deonna, Waldemar, Le mobilier délien, Paris, 1938, p. 190, plate 537. f, plate 537 (photograph).
  • – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 244, p. 245, plate 33.
  • – Preuner, E., Aus alten Papieren II, 1924, p. 143.

3D Models

3D Point Selections

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Computations

DOI

10.17171/1-1-1308

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 125, Delos, Inv. Nr. 7683, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1308

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