Ancient Sundials

‹ Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 195

Abstract

The upper left corner of the conical fragment has two hour lines and part of a summer solstice curve. An undrilled guilloche decorates the lip.

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. 387.
  • – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 451.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5053

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 195, Haifa, Inv. Nr. 6848Fg6, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5053

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