‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 275
Abstract
Seven hour lines radiate from a central point and cross four concentric circles. The preserved arcs of these circles are emphasized with red color.
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
- – Fisher, Clarence Stanley, Lyon, David Gordon, Reisner, George Andrew, Excavations at Samaria, 1908-1910, Cambridge, 1924, p. 26 and 15, no. 34.
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 366.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 455.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, 540-541.
- – Mahieu, B., The Foundation Year of Samaria-Sebaste and Its Chronological Implications, 2008