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Dialface ID 80
Abstract
The groove in the rough upper surface of the dial is certainly not part of the original design. Its heavily decorated base is the distinctive characteristic of this dial. Large amphorae have been engraved into the center of leaf-framed squares on three sides. Above, an acanthus leaf base supports the shadow-receiving hollow. Two three-leaf rosettes are visible at the left and right front just below the lip. The ceiling of the dial is broken away at the sides and top.
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
- – Bracchi, L. C., Orologi Solari di Aquileia, 1960, col. 60 ff.
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 71, p. 199.
- – Kenner, Friedrich, Römische Sonnenuhren aus Aquileia, 1880, p. 2 f., figure 2 (drawing).
- – Alberi Auber, Paolo, L'orologio solare a semisfera del Museo di Udine, 2005, p. 168.
- – Winter, Eva, Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 277.
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 70.