Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 13

Holder:: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
Site:: Ponte Lucano, Italy
Material:: Marble
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Sphere, Spherical-cut dials--central gnomon point
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 41.9548, Long.: 12.7622

Abstract

A sundial with no visible decorative elements. It has no base, the oblique frontLP ends on the floor. Gibbs: Found at the Osteria di Ponte Lucano near Tivoli. In 1798, part of the collection of Thomas F. Hill, England.

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

– Antonini, Carlo, Candelabri e orologgi solari antichi, Rome, 1790, no. 16.
– Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 130.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-51

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 13, Unknown, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-51

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