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Dialface ID 288

Holder: Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas, Palermo, Italy
Site: Tindari, Italy
Material: Marble, White
Dating: unknown
Type: Sphere, Spherical
Inventory Number: 5587
Site Geolocation: Lat.: 38.145000, Long.: 15.030000

Abstract

Seven gnomon holes are visible in the top of the dial block. One is on the north-south axis near the north face. Two groups of three are positioned symmetrically above the east and west faces. Four shadow-receiving surfaces have been carved in this block: a south-facing conical surface, a north-facing conical surface, a west-facing quarter sphere, and an east-facing quarter sphere.

References

  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 379 f.
  • Scott Gatty, Margaret: The Book of Sun-dials, London, 1900, p. 41.

DOI

10.17171/1-1-5067

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 288, Palermo, Inv. Nr. 5587, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5067

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DOI: 10.17171/1-1-5067
Title: Dialface ID 288
Creator: Berlin Sundial Collaboration
Publisher: Edition Topoi
Publication Year: 2014
Subtitle: Palermo, Inv. Nr. 5587
Description: Information on the Dialface ID 288 / Object ID 270
Collection: Ancient Sundials
Contributor Name: Gerd Graßhoff, Elisabeth Rinner
Contributor Type: Editor
Resource Type: Dataset
Date (Update): 2014
Origin / Holder object: Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
Inventory Number: 5587
Holder digital source: Exzellenzcluster 264 – Topoi
Rights: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
Subjects: History of Science, Archaeology
Version: 1
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 379 f.
  • Scott Gatty, Margaret: The Book of Sun-dials, London, 1900, p. 41.