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Dialface ID 125

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Holder: Archaeological Museum of Delos, Delos, Greece
Site: Mykonos, Greece
Material: Marble, White
Dating: unknown
Type: Cone, Conical
Inventory Number: 7683
Site Geolocation: Lat.: 37.390000, Long.: 25.260000
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Abstract

The base is flanked by two broad legs with a cyma recta profile. In their middle, there is a rudimentary greek inscription: ΙΗΝΩ // ΝΩΝΙ // [Η] ΡΩΙ . Gibbs: Semicircular gnomon hole is 27.5 mm deep. […] A series of lines related to the construction of this dial are preserved on its top surface.

References

  • Deonna, Waldemar: Le mobilier délien, Paris, vol. 18, 1938, p. 190, plate 537. f, plate 537 (photograph).
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 244, p. 245, plate 33.
  • Preuner, E.: Aus alten Papieren II, In: Athenische Mitteilungen, vol. 49, 1924, 102--152.

3D Models

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03 Day Curves Hourlines 1Frag1-1 Simple Idealized Cut Sundial 2Frag1-2 Simple Idealized Model With Cone 3Frag2-1 Simple Idealized Cut Sundial

DOI

10.17171/1-1-1308

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 125, Delos, Inv. Nr. 7683, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1308

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DOI: 10.17171/1-1-1308
Title: Dialface ID 125
Creator: Berlin Sundial Collaboration
Publisher: Edition Topoi
Publication Year: 2014
Subtitle: Delos, Inv. Nr. 7683
Description: Information on the Dialface ID 125 / Object ID 127
Collection: Ancient Sundials
Contributor Name: Gerd Graßhoff, Elisabeth Rinner
Contributor Type: Editor
Resource Type: Dataset
Date (Update): 2014
Origin / Holder object: Archaeological Museum of Delos
Inventory Number: 7683
Holder digital source: Exzellenzcluster 264 – Topoi
Rights: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
Subjects: History of Science, Archaeology
Version: 1
  • Deonna, Waldemar: Le mobilier délien, Paris, vol. 18, 1938, p. 190, plate 537. f, plate 537 (photograph).
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 244, p. 245, plate 33.
  • Preuner, E.: Aus alten Papieren II, In: Athenische Mitteilungen, vol. 49, 1924, 102--152.