ObjID181-1
‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 180
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Abstract
A small round hole in the top surface of the dial probably held part of the gnomon. [...] Seven deeply engraved hour lines (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) are preserved in the badly damaged shadow-receiving surface. Parts of the parallel solstices and equinox remain. Two lion feet support the dial on the left and right sides of the base. The foot motif is carried around to similar reliefs on the left and right sides of the dial which also include a design which incorporates stalks springing from calyxes.
Measurements
Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 181, matched to this dialface by inventory number.
This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.
References
- – Amelung, Walther, Die Sculpturen des Vaticanischen Museums, Berlin, 1908, vol II., p. 105f., no. 39e, vol.II, pl. 10 (photograph).
- – Antonini, Carlo, Candelabri e orologgi solari antichi, Rome, 1790, no. 3 (drawing).
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 299.
- – Settele, Guiseppe, Memoria sopra la forma delle linee orarie indicanti le ore ineguali degli antichi sopra gli orologj solari letta nell' Accademia de Lincei, Rome, 1816, p. 18.
- – Severino, Nicola, De Monumentis Gnomonicis apud graecos et romanos. Le meridiane greco-romane. La storia, il catalogo, gli articoli, Roccasecca, 2003, p. 37.
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