Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 377

Holder:: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
Site:: Hisarya, Bulgaria
Material:: Unknown
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Plane, Planar
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 42.505, Long.: 24.708

Abstract

The specimen from the Shumen Fortress have ten hour lines, which verifies the hypothesis for the existence of fortress sundials in antiquity, used for regulation of the change of dayguard.

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

– Concev, D., Hisarskite bani (The Hissar mineral spas), 1935, p. 185, figure 97.
– Valev, Peter, Ancient sundials from Moesia Old Thracia (The sundial found at Montana), 1990, p. 165 f.
– Madjarov, M., Sundial from Diocletianopolis, 1991

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5084

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 377, Unknown, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5084

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