Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 175

ObjID176-1

Holder:: Archaeological Site of Herculaneum, Ercolano, Italy
Site:: Herculaneum, Italy
Material:: Marble, White with streaks of gray
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Cone, Conical
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 40.806, Long.: 14.3475

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Abstract

The gnomon in position is restoration. The area above the winter solstice has been chipped away to from a two inch indentation. Eleven hour lines extend from the winter solstice across the equinox to the summer solstice. Two legs flank a stepped base.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 176, 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. 295.
– Severino, Nicola, De Monumentis Gnomonicis apud graecos et romanos. Le meridiane greco-romane. La storia, il catalogo, gli articoli, Roccasecca, 2003, p. 33.
– Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 374.
– Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 109.