ObjID102-01
‹ Ancient Sundials
Dialface ID 98
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Abstract
A 15.5 mm square depression with a narrow rectangular appendage is preserved in the top surface of the dial. It is pierced by two small holes 4 mm in diameter toward the front and, in the center, a large broken hole. Both large and small holes are also visible in the spherical surface. Two squat, four-toed lion feet flank the base. Two six-leaf rosettes decorate the upper left and right corners in front. A 16 mm margin formed by an engraved line emphasizes the front circular opening. The revisions noted by Drecker are still visible, for example in lines 7, 8, 9.
Measurements
Measurement record: pipeline ObjID 102, matched to this dialface by inventory number.
This object is registered in the measurement database, but its own record holds no measured values.
References
- – Diels, Herrmann, Antike Technik, Leipzig and Berlin, 1920, p. 167 f and plate 11 (photograph).
- – Scott Gatty, Margaret, The Book of Sun-dials, London, 1900, p. 35 (drawing).
- – Gibbs, Sharon L., Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 218.
- – Conze, Alexander, Verzeichniss der antiken Skulpturen des Königlichen Museums in Berlin mit Ausschluss der pergamenischen Fundstücke, Berlin, 1885, p.196.
- – Woepke, Franz, Disquisitiones Archaeologico-mathematicae circa Solaria Veterum, Berlin, 1847
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