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Dialface ID 65

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Holder: Archaeological Museum of Delos, Delos, Greece
Site: Agora of the Italians, Delos, Greece
Material: Marble, White
Dating: unknown
Type: Sphere, Spherical unfinished
Site Geolocation: Lat.: 37.390000, Long.: 25.260000
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Abstract

While the dialface is still unfinished, the legs are already carved out, showing a cyma recta profile. Gibbs: A vertical back, horizontal top and sloping front characterize the general shape of this dial.

References

  • Deonna, Waldemar: Le mobilier délien, Paris, vol. 18, 1938, p. 191 and plate 543.
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 179.

3D Models

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3D Point Selections

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scaled Plane Back
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scaled Plane Bottom
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scaled Plane Front L P
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scaled Plane Front U P
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Computations

01 Simple Idealzed Model

DOI

10.17171/1-1-845

Citation

Berlin Sundial Collaboration, Ancient Sundials, Dialface ID 65, Delos, 2014, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-1-845

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DOI: 10.17171/1-1-845
Title: Dialface ID 65
Creator: Berlin Sundial Collaboration
Publisher: Edition Topoi
Publication Year: 2014
Subtitle: Delos
Description: Information on the Dialface ID 65 / Object ID 68
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
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. 191 and plate 543.
  • Gibbs, Sharon L.: Greek and Roman Sundials, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 179.