ObjID271-1
‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 289
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Abstract
The dial faces are cylindrical and hemispherical. Two winged female figures hold the hemisphere in the lower position. A torch and scroll decorate each side of the upper cylinder. A stepped molding outlines the decorated areas and the shadow-receiving surface.
Measurements
Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 271, matched to this dialface by inventory number.
This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.
References
- – Antonini, Carlo, Candelabri e orologgi solari antichi, Rome, 1790, no. 5.
- – Scott Gatty, Margaret, The Book of Sun-dials, London, 1900, p. 42.
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 381 f., plate 65.
- – Severino, Nicola, De Monumentis Gnomonicis apud graecos et romanos. Le meridiane greco-romane. La storia, il catalogo, gli articoli, Roccasecca, 2003, p. 47.
- – Moses, Henry, A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, &c., London, 1814, pl. 144.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, 371-372.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 182.
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