‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 87
Abstract
Petals decorate the outer edge of all fragments. On the tall base a woman standing in front of curling tendrils, which spring from a point below the meridian, has been carved in high relief. The woman´s left hand rests on a herm. Curling acanthus leaves frame the central figures.
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. 49 ff, figures 1 and 2 (photographs).
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 71, p. 205.
- – Kenner, Friedrich, Römische Sonnenuhren aus Aquileia, 1880, p. 6 f.
- – Alberi Auber, Paolo, L'orologio solare a semisfera del Museo di Udine, 2005, p 167.
- – Buora, Maurizio, Nota sull'Orologio solare della collezione Toppo, 2005
- – Bonnin, Jérôme, La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 77.
- – Alberi Auber, Paolo, L'orologio solare a semisfera del Museo di Udine, 2005