Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 584

Holder:: Archaeological Collection, Maroneia, Greece
Site:: Maroneia, Greece
Material:: Marble, White
Dating:: 2nd cent. BCE
Type:: Sphere, Spherical
Inventory Number:: AKM 451
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 40.9065, Long.: 25.519

Abstract

Fragment of spherical sundial that broke off at the right side. Morning hour lines regularly. One day curve.

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

– E 364 mit Taf. 77.
– Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 417.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5140

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 584, Maroneia, Inv. Nr. AKM 451, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5140

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