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Dialface ID 19
Abstract
The head of a bearded man with a hat can be seen in the middle of the frontLP. A theory suggests that this is Berosus, the supposed inventor of the sundial. Gibbs: According to reports the bust was found near the excavated dial and appeared to belong where it is now placed. Found at Palestrina before 1787.
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
- – Ashmole, Bernard, A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall, Oxford, 1929, p. 55, no. 128, plate 28.
- – Scott Gatty, Margaret, The Book of Sun-dials, London, 1900, p. 33 f.
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 134.
- – Guattani, Guiseppe Antonio, Monumenti antichi inediti ovvero notizie sulle antichità e belle arti di Roma, Rome, 1787, plate 2.2.
- – Michaelis, Adolphand Fennell, Charles Augustus Maude, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 39 f. and 297.