Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 26

Holder:: Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei, Pompei, Italy
Site:: Pompei, Italy
Material:: Tufa, Covered with stucco
Dating:: before 79 CE
Type:: Sphere, Spherical-cut dials--central gnomon point
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 40.7503, Long.: 14.4871

Abstract

Gibbs: A rounded gnomon hole in the top surface is 25 mm deep.

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. 141.
– Severino, Nicola, De Monumentis Gnomonicis apud graecos et romanos. Le meridiane greco-romane. La storia, il catalogo, gli articoli, Roccasecca, 2003, p. 16.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-322

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 26, Pompei, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-322

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