Ancient Sundials

Dialface ID 713

ObjID80-1

Holder:: Samothraki Excavation Museum, Samothraki, Greece
Site:: Samothraki, Greece
Material:: Marble
Dating:: unknown
Type:: Sphere, Spherical-transposed hemispherical
Inventory Number:: 70.894
Site Geolocation:: Lat.: 40.501, Long.: 25.5299

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Abstract

Photographs of this dial show a dark brown stone inscribed with lines, curves, and Greek letters. The shadow-receiving surface appears to be transposed hemispheres similar to 1072G.

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

– Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 193.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5214

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 713, Samothraki, Inv. Nr. 70.894, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5214

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