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Dialface ID 184

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Holder: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino, Altino, Italy
Site: Necropolis, Altino, Italy
Material: Marble, White
Dating: 1st cent. CE
Type: Cone, Conical
Inventory Number: AL11
Site Geolocation: Lat.: 45.545800, Long.: 12.401900
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Abstract

The gnomon groove above the meridian still contains the lead fill. Thirteen hour lines have been scratched deeply into the shadow-receiving surface from the gnomon to the lower edge. Only the lightest trace of winter solstice and equinox remain. The base exhibits a cyma profile.

References

  • Bonnin, Jérôme: La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 117.
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 301.
  • Winter, Eva: Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 261.

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Computations

0B S D P0990-1 Simple Idealized Cut Sundial 1B S D P0990-2 Cone Fit

DOI

10.17171/1-1-2335

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 184, Altino, Inv. Nr. AL11, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-2335

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DOI: 10.17171/1-1-2335
Title: Dialface ID 184
Creator: Berlin Sundial Collaboration
Publisher: Edition Topoi
Publication Year: 2014
Subtitle: Altino, Inv. Nr. AL11
Description: Information on the Dialface ID 184 / Object ID 185
Collection: Ancient Sundials
Contributor Name: Gerd Graßhoff, Elisabeth Rinner
Contributor Type: Editor
Resource Type: Dataset
Date (Update): 2014
Origin / Holder object: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino
Inventory Number: AL11
Holder digital source: Exzellenzcluster 264 – Topoi
Rights: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
Subjects: History of Science, Archaeology
Version: 1
  • Bonnin, Jérôme: La Mesure du temps dans l'Antiquité, Paris, 2015, A 117.
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 301.
  • Winter, Eva: Zeitzeichen. Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser, Berlin and Boston, 2013, p. 261.