‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 157
Abstract
A rectangular gnomon hole in the top surface (29 mm long x 15 mm wide x 23 mm deep) contains some traces of lead. Broken sides have destroyed hour lines one and eleven. The nine remaining lines extend from the winter solstice across the equinox and the summer solstice to the lower edge. A wide lip emphasizes the lower edge. Duckpin shaped legs on the base end in widespread four-toed feet. Petals and curling tendrils sprout from a calyx on the side reliefs. A square mount hole is visible in the bottom center.
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. 276, p. 279, plate 41.
- – Tabak, Fügen, Güneş Saatleri, Ankara, 2010, p. 37.