Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 189

Abstract

A gnomon hole is visible at the top of the dial. Eleven hour lines divide the conical surface stretching from the gnomon groove to the lower edge. No day curves are visible. The base is quite plain.

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.
  • – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 393f.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5051

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 189, Carthage, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5051

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