Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 193

Abstract

A gnomon groove is visible in the top surface of the dial above the meridian. The dial surface is mounted on a column. Eleven hour lines radiate from the gnomon groove at approximately equal angles.

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. 308.
  • – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 511.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-2449

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 193, Rabat, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-2449

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