Edition Topoi

Ancient Sundials

© Gerd Graßhoff
‹ Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 583

1004

1004

Holder:
Akropolis Lapidarium, Lindos, Greece
Site:
Lindos, Greece
Material:
Marble
Dating:
Hellenistic
Type:
Sphere, Spherical
Site Geolocation:
Lat.: 33.562, Long.: 35.369
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Abstract

According to Dyggve's sketch, the sundial is composed of two fitting fragments. Dialface divided into 11 hour lines. No day curves on sketch. Sundial put up in the sanctuary.

Measurements

Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 546, matched to this dialface by inventory number.

This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.

References

  • – Dyggve, Ejnar, Poulsen, Vagn, Lindos : fouilles de l'acropole, 1902-1914 et 1952. 3, Le sanctuaire d'Athana Lindia et l'architecture lindienne, Copenhagen and Berlin, 1960, p. 344, figure 7, no. 25
  • – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 414.

3D Models

3D Point Selections

showing 1 - 5 of 13 items

B S D P611 Obj I D546 DialfaceB S D P611 Obj I D546 Dialface
B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 1B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 1
B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 2B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 2
B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 3B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 3
B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 4B S D P611 Obj I D546 Hour Line 4

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5139

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 583, Lindos, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5139

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