Ancient Sundials

‹ Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 206

Abstract

The gnomon hole, 60 mm deep, contains no metal. All eleven hour lines are preserved and three engraved day curves are visible. A wide band depicting amphorae between pilasters decorates sides and back.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 209, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.

References

  • – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 316.
  • – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 342.

3D Models

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5057

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 206, Vienna, Inv. Nr. 1736, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5057

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