Archaeological Site of Herculaneum, Ercolano, Italy
Site:
Herculaneum, Italy
Material:
Marble, White
Dating:
unknown
Type:
Sphere, Spherical-cut dials--central gnomon point
Inventory Number:
75713
Site Geolocation:
Lat.: 40.806, Long.: 14.3475
Abstract
The sundial is unadorned and of broad and low dimensions.
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. 148.
– Rayet, G., Les Cadrans Solaires Coniques, 1875, p. 81, no. 407.
– Severino, Nicola, De Monumentis Gnomonicis apud graecos et romanos. Le meridiane greco-romane. La storia, il catalogo, gli articoli, Roccasecca, 2003, p. 34.
– Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A_26.
– Jashemski, Wilhelmina F., The Gardens of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Villas Destroyed by Vesuvius, New York, 1979, p. 262, fig. 289.
– Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, Herculaneum 4.