Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 159

Abstract

The horizontal section of the gnomon hole is a narrow rectangle 55 mm long. The depth of the hole is 94 mm. [...] Three fragments have been joined. In all seven hour lines (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and three day curves are preserved. Hour lines do not extend beyond either solstice.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 160, 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. 278, p. 279, plate 42.
  • – Noll, Rudolf, Griechische und Lateinische Inschriften der Wiener Antikensammlung, Vienna, 1962, p. 36, no. 64.

3D Models

DOI

10.17171/1-1-1948

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 159, Vienna, Inv. Nr. I1639/30/300-219(1998), 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1948

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