Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 146

Abstract

Eleven hour lines extend from the upper edge across the engraved winter solstice and equinox to the summer solstice. The dial is apparently marked with a daylight triangle which Tölle has drawn incorrectly. The meridian is marked on the center front of the base.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 148, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

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

References

  • – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 265.
  • – Tölle, Renate, Uhren auf Samos, Wiesbaden, 1969, p. 164 ff, figure 10 (drawing).

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DOI

10.17171/1-1-1754

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 146, Samos, Inv. Nr. 323, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1754

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