Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 262

Abstract

Five deeply engraved hour lines, the equinox, and the winter solstices remain on this dial fragment. The meridian is not preserved.

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. 356.
  • – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, 455.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5062

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 262, Ostia Antica, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5062

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