Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 592

Holder:: Archaeological Museum of Paros, Paros, Greece
Site:: Paros, Greece
Material:: Marble, Parian
Dating:: 1st cent. BCE
Type:: Cone, Conical
Inventory Number:: I 236
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 37.09, Long.: 25.15

Abstract

Probably from same workshop as ObjID555. Dialface taks up two third of sundial. Left side broke off. Hour lines 5 to 10 discernible, 3 day curves . Meridian extended beyond summer solistice 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

– Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 466.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5147

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 592, Paros, Inv. Nr. I 236, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5147

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