‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 188
Abstract
Part of a gnomon hole is visible in the top surface of the dial above the meridian. Only the right half of the dial surface is preserved. Five hour lines (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) and parts of three day curves are visible in the photograph.
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. 306.
- – Petrie, William M. Flinders, Roman Portraits and Memphis (IV), London, 1911, p. 20 f, plates 15 (photograph) and 23 (drawing).
- – Kosciuk, Jacek, A conical sundial from Abu Mina, 1992, p. 45, note 13.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 423f.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 490.