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Dialface ID 211
Abstract
The gnomon hole at the left side is 8 mm in diameter. It slants downward at an angle 45 from the horizontal. The right gnomon hole is lead filled. The transposed halves of a dished conical surface form the shadow-receiving area of this dial. The sagitta at the left equinox is about 8 mm; at right, 9 mm. Six hour lines, including the meridian, are preserved on each side. The base is a schematic lion´s paw.
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
- – Budde, L., Nicholls, R., A Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1964, p. 112 f, no. 185 and plate 60 (photograph).
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 321.