Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 38

ObjID39-1

Holder:: Musei Vaticani, Vatican City, Vatican City
Site:: Vatican City, Vatican City
Material:: Marble, White
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Sphere, Spherical-cut dials--central gnomon point
Inventory Number:: 939
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 41.902, Long.: 12.452

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Abstract

This sundial’s lower front part and base are broken off. Two low-relief rosettes with six petals flank the upper front part, while a horizontal crescent is carved in the middle. Gibbs: A damaged gnomon hole is visible at the top above the meridian.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 39, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.

References

– Amelung, Walther, Die Sculpturen des Vaticanischen Museums, Berlin, 1908, p. 106.
– Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 153.
– Severino, Nicola, De Monumentis Gnomonicis apud graecos et romanos. Le meridiane greco-romane. La storia, il catalogo, gli articoli, Roccasecca, 2003, p. 36.