ObjID242-1
‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 251
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Abstract
The position and measurements of the gnomon holes are shown in the accompanying diagram. No metal remains. This dial is a combination of four deviating vertical dials. On all faces, the hour lines have been engraved less heavily than the day curves. The equinox appears to have been engraved last.
Measurements
Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 242, matched to this dialface by inventory number.
This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.
References
- – Delambre, Jean-Baptiste Joseph, Histoire de l ‘Astronomie Ancienne, Paris, 1817, p. 504 ff.
- – Scott Gatty, Margaret, The Book of Sun-dials, London, 1900, p. 40 f (drawing).
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 346 f.
- – p. 427.
- – Smith, Arthur Hamilton, A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1904, p. 412 f.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, 309.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 387.
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