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WCO 21 Ptolemy II C (OIM, Chicago A7125)

 

Identification
ID in this catalogue WCO 21
Type Outflow water clock 
Current Location Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago
Catalogue Numbers OIM AE7125
Provenance Egypt
Date 282 - 246 BCE
Dimensions Height approximately 10.2 cm; width approximately 13.6 cm; thickness 3.75 cm
Material Black stone, possibly granite 
Condition Fragmented piece  
Publications Borchardt, (1920); Sloley, (1924); Sloley, (1931); Cotterell et al. (1986); Clagett, (1995);  Ritner, (2016)
 
Content
External registers Probably three
External upper band of text Yes
External lower band(s) of text Unknown
Exterior Astronomical Diagram Yes. The fragment preserves part of the barque of Jupiter.
Rim Inscription in ?Nabatean.
Interior markings Columns of dots, with the incised fill line visible.
Other features  
 
Notes

This fragment has recently been carefully discussed by Ritner (2016).

See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 38 Oriental Institute 7125, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-32

Images

See Ritner (2016). 

 

WCO 12 Hermitage ДВ-2507b

 

Identification
ID in this catalogue WCO 12
Type Outflow water clock 
Current Location Room 100, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Catalogue Numbers ДВ-2507b (also called 8698 in Шолпо (1939))
Provenance Rome (Iseum Campense), then Florence (Museum Gaddiano), then the Hermitage (around 1888)
Date Ptolemy II, 285-246 BCE
Dimensions Height 20.5 cm 
Material Granodiorite

Condition

Fragment
Publications Kircher (1654); Golenischeff (1891); Wiedemann (1901); Schäfer (1910); Borchardt (1920); Pogo (1936); Шолпо (1939); Pietrangeli (1949); Porter and Moss (1960) ; Roullet (1972); Long (1987)
 
Content
External registers Only one preserved
External upper band of text Unknown 
External lower band(s) of text No
Exterior Astronomical Diagram Unknown, as the decoration could have extended beyond the current fragment
Rim Not preserved
Interior markings Ankhs, djeds, and was-sceptres with columns of dots above. 
Other features  
 
Notes

See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 18 Hermitage 2507b, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-10 (Berlin cast of this object is ID 4.)

Images

The object does not appear to be on display currently and is not available in the online museum catalogue (as of May 2021).

WCO 13 Ägyptisches Museum ÄM 19556

 

Identification
ID in this catalogue WCO 13
Type Outflow water clock 
Current Location Lost since WW2
Catalogue Numbers ÄM 19556 
Provenance Rome, Hadrianic ruins. Porter & Moss (1952) vol. VII, pp.415-6 states "Black granite waterclock (unfinished), with scenes of a King before divinities, 3rd century B.C., found in ruins, temp. Hadrian, in Vigna Bonelli, outside Porta Portese, in Berlin Mus. 19556 (bought in Venice)..." and continues to list a bibliography up to 1936.
Date Ptolemaic, reused in the time of Hadrian (AD 117-138) 
Dimensions Unknown 
Material Black Granite

Condition

Unfinished 
Publications Visconti (1860); Wiedemann (1901); Schäfer (1910); Borchardt (1920); Porter and Moss (1960); Roullet (1972); Long (1987)
 
Content
External registers Single Register 
External upper band of text Not filled
External lower band(s) of text Not filled
Exterior Astronomical Diagram No
Rim Unknown
Interior markings Unknown 
Other features  
 
Notes

The position of the spout seems unusually high. A baboon-shaped protruberence sits above it. Above that, as part of the decoration, a falcon wearing a double crown is visible with a sun-disc above. The photographs in Roullet seem to show a possible additional outlet (or some kind of intrusive addition) almost opposite the baboon's position and somewhat lower.
The vessel seems to have been reconstructed from several fragments and it is unclear whether all the visible fragments were original (the decoration stops at fracture lines, suggesting that some "fragments" were in fact total restorations of material).

See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 22 Berlin 19556, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-15

Images

 See Roullet (1972) for photos of the exterior.

WCO 14 Florence 2613

 

Identification
ID in this catalogue WCO 14
Type Outflow water clock 
Current Location Museo Archeologico, Florence
Catalogue Numbers 2613
Provenance Unknown
Date Roman?
Dimensions Height approximately 20 cm 
Material Granite
Condition Fragmented piece
Publications Borchardt (1920); Long (1987)
 
Content
External registers Single Register 
External upper band of text Not present
External lower band(s) of text Yes, two present
Exterior Astronomical Diagram Unknown 
Rim Unknown
Interior markings Yes, a grid rather than columns of dots
Other features  
 
Notes

See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 36 Florence 2613, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-30 (Berlin cast of this object is ID 9.)

Images

 Black and white small image of exterior and interior here: https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/petrie-3-1-413

 

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