Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 577

Holder:: , Troia, Turkey
Site:: Troia, Turkey
Material:: Marble
Dating:: 2nd cent. BCE
Type:: Unknown, Unknown
Inventory Number:: I 53/ SEG 50, 1198 bis
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 39.9575, Long.: 26.2392

Abstract

Fragment of a big sundial, part of dialface preserved, 5 hour lnies, winter and summer solistice day curves. Hour lines wider in upper part of dial.

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

– Rose, C. B., Post-Bronze Age Research at Troia, 2000, p. 66-67.
– Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 379.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5133

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 577, Troia, Inv. Nr. I 53/ SEG 50, 1198 bis, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5133

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