‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 607
Abstract
Horizontal sundial curved into the forum of Timgad. Sections of four vertical afternoon hour lines preserved, hours 7 to 10.
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
- – Cagnat, René, Carthage, Timgad, Tébessa et les villes antiques de l'Afrique du Nord, Paris, 1909, p. 75.
- – Guerbabi, Ali, Chronometrie et architecture antiques: le gnomon du forum de Thamugadi, Sassari, 1992, p. 402, fig. 86.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 572-574.
- – Lassus, Jean, La forteresse byzantine de Thamugadi, Paris, 1981, p. 129f., fig. 94.
- – Guerbabi, Ali, Les cadrans solaires antiques d’Algérie, 2017, cat. 1.