‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 233
Abstract
One side of this flat stone is inscribed with part of a sundial and wind rose. The solstices, equinox, and signs of the zodiac are identified in Latin. The reverse side of the stone is inscribed as a gameboard.
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. 333.
- – Lincei, Reale Accademia dei, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, 1882-1883, p. 127 (drawing).
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, 527.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 166.