Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 45

Abstract

Only a small fragment remains.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 47, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

Quality gradeA (completeness 39 %)
Dial surfacesphere (decisive) · fit residual mm: cone 0.77, cylinder 1.13, sphere 0.10
Latitude φno latitude determined
Engraved lines2 hour lines, 2 day lines
Cone half-angle αnot shown: surface fit decisively sphere: cone-specific quantities do not apply
Measured2026-06-12 21:10

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References

  • – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 158.
  • – Ionescu-Carligel, Constantine, Cadrane Solare Grecesti si Romane in Dobrogea, 1969, p. 199 ff., figures 1, 2 and p. 206 f, figure 5.
  • – Ionescu-Carligel, Constantine, Contributions à l’Étude des Cadrans Solaires Antiques, 1970, p. 121 ff., figure 2 and p. 134 ff., figures 10, 11.
  • – Jones, Alexander, Some Greek Sundial Meridians, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 181 ff.
  • – Comănescu, Sylviu, Contribution à l'étude des cadrans solaires antiques découverts en Roumanie, Prague, 1970-1971, p. 48.
  • – Feraru, Renius Mihai, Nouvelles contributions à l'étude des cadrans solaires découverts dans les cités grecques de Dobroudja, 2008
  • – Ionescu, Doina, Rovithis-Livaniou, Eleni, Sundials in Ancient Dobrogea, 2013, p. 192f., fig. 6.

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DOI

10.17171/1-1-666

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 45, Bucharest, Inv. Nr. L2023 MNA / 18 757, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-666

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