Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 457

Holder:: Archaeological Museum, Timgad, Algeria
Site:: Timgad, Algeria
Material:: Unknown
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Cone, Conical
Inventory Number:: TIM 531.1.002
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 28.1, Long.: 2.6

Abstract

The dial is supported by a head of a bearded man.

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

– Rohr, René, Sundials: history, theory and practice, Toronto, 1970
– Guerbabi, Ali, Les cadrans solaires antiques d’Algérie, 2017, no. 5.
– Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 575, Timgad 2.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-3952

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 457, Timgad, Inv. Nr. TIM 531.1.002, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-3952

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