Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 600

Holder:: Archaeological Museum, Rhodes, Greece
Site:: Rhodes, Greece
Material:: Marble, Lartian
Dating:: Hellenistic
Type:: Plane, Planar-horizontal plane
Inventory Number:: A 1110
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 36.42, Long.: 28.2

Abstract

Horizontal sundial heavily damaged. Five lines discernible at lower right edge. Lines radiate from a midpoint and end at a line that forms a semi-circle.

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. 516.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5154

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 600, Rhodes, Inv. Nr. A 1110, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5154

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