Ancient Sundials

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Dialface ID 54

Abstract

The shape of the intersection of the two frontal parts follows the curve of the dialface. Two stylized legs flank a high frontLP, until they reimmerge in the base at a lower point. Gibbs: A wedge-shaped hole at the back and a groove in the top surface once held the gnomon. [...] A framed area has been prepared, as if for inscription, on the base.

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. 167.
  • – Schaldach, Karlheinz, Die antiken Sonnenuhren Griechenlands. Festland und Peloponnes, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, p. 140, no. 41.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-720

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 54, Thessaloniki, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-720

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