Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 15

Holder:: Museo Civico Pio Capponi, Terracina, Italy
Site:: Unknown, Unknown
Material:: Unknown
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Sphere, Spherical-cut dials--central gnomon point

Abstract

The sundial's planes are undecorated. Its base is rather high. Gibbs: Seen in Terracina (ancient Tarracina), Italy, in 1798.

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. 13.
– Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 131.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-55

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 15, Terracina, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-55

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