Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 595

Holder:: Bergama Müzesi, Bergama, Turkey
Site:: Pergamon, Turkey
Material:: Marble
Dating:: 2nd cent. CE
Type:: Sphere, Spherical
Inventory Number:: Nr. S 387
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 39.131, Long.: 27.184

Abstract

Afternoon side of sundial preserved including 7th to 11th hour line plus winter solistice and equinox day curve. Right edge of dialface damaged. Found in the upper court of the Palestra, Gymnasion.

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. 476.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5148

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 595, Bergama, Inv. Nr. Nr. S 387, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5148

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