Dialface ID 279
Abstract
Some lead remains in the gnomon hole in the top surface of this dial. The shadow-receiving surface of this dial is supported by a bull´s head and horns. The rounded back of the dial has the tshape of a “feminine idol from the early bronze age.” Eleven hour lines radiate from the gnomon hole across two engraved day curves tohe lower edge. The dial´s top surface slopes downward about 15 from horizontal. In making my calculations I have assumed that the summer solstice coincides with the lower edge of the cylindrical surface. Ionescu-Carligel assumes that the two engraved day curves are summer solstice and equinox. He obtains g= 166.7 mm, \phi = 44.7. Bordenache: Auf einem massiven, breitstirnigen, schön stilisierten Stierkopf eine halbkreisförmige, konkave Sonnenuhr mit radialer und kreisbogenförmiger Unterteilung, die zur Stundenangabe diente. Trotz der oberen Beschädigung ist noch die Stelle zu erkennen, wo der Stab befestigt war, der den Schatten warf.
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
- – Bordenache, Gabriella, Doppelfeld, Otto, Römer in Rumänien: Katalog einer Ausstellung des Römisch-Germanischen Museums Köln und des Historischen Museums Cluj, Kunsthalle Köln, 12. Febr. Bis 18. Mai 1969, Cologne, 1969, p. 247
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- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 371.
- – Ionescu-Carligel, Constantine, Cadrane Solare Grecesti si Romane in Dobrogea, 1969, p. 199 ff (photograph).
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- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 474.