ObjID185-1
‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 184
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Abstract
The gnomon groove above the meridian still contains the lead fill. Thirteen hour lines have been scratched deeply into the shadow-receiving surface from the gnomon to the lower edge. Only the lightest trace of winter solstice and equinox remain. The base exhibits a cyma profile.
Measurements
Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 185, 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. 301.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 261.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 117.
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