Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 46

Holder:: Musée Archéologique, Nîmes, France
Site:: Argilliers, France
Material:: Limestone, White
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Sphere, Spherical
Inventory Number:: 908-15-1
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 43.83, Long.: 4.35

Abstract

This hemispherical sundial was found in 1908 in the ruins of a roman villa in France. The report of the discovery does not mention any ornamental decoration. Gibbs: Traces of a gnomon hole are visible in the top surface of the dial above the meridian.

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. 159.
– Mazauric, Félix, Les Musées Archéologique de Nîmes - Recherches et Aquisitions, 1908, p. 267-68.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5096

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 46, Nîmes, Inv. Nr. 908-15-1, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5096

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