WCO 15 Serapeum P.9161
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 15 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location | Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria |
| Catalogue Numbers | P.9161 |
| Provenance | Serapeum at Alexandria |
| Date | Macedonian period or Reign of Ptolemy III |
| Dimensions |
Height 8 cm; width 12 cm |
| Material | Granodiorite |
|
Condition |
Fragmented Piece |
| Publications | Rowe and Drioton (1946); Montet (1957) |
Content
| External registers | Unknown |
| External upper band of text | Missing |
| External lower band(s) of text | Yes |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | Probably not |
| Rim | Missing |
| Interior markings | Yes |
| Other features |
Notes
This is ID 21 in the Berlin Waterclocks Project database. DOI: 10.17171/2-10-14
Images
See Rowe and Drioton (1946) for a line drawing.
WC? 16 Turin Supp. 3524
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 16 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location | Museo Egizio, Turin |
| Catalogue Numbers | S. 3524 |
| Provenance | Heliopolis |
| Date | Macedonian period |
| Dimensions | Height 15 cm; width 6 cm; thickness: 4 cm |
| Material | Greywacke |
|
Condition |
Fragmented Piece |
| Publications | Lodomez (2007); Langmann et al. (1984) |
Content
| External registers | Single Register |
| External upper band of text | Unknown |
| External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | Unknown |
| Rim | Band of stars |
| Interior markings | Unknown |
| Other features |
Notes
It is not clear from photographs whether this fragment is part of a conical vessel (the normal shape for outflow waterclocks). It looks like a more bulbous shape, which would be anomalous.
This fragment is not included in the Berlin Waterclock Project database at present (2021).
Images
The object is not included in the Museum's online database at present (2021).
WCO 17 Florence 12290
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 17 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location |
|
| Catalogue Numbers | 12290 |
| Provenance | Saqqara (?). |
| Date | Early Ptolemaic Era |
| Dimensions |
Height 12.2 cm; width 14 cm |
| Material | Granite |
| Condition | Fragmented piece |
| Publications | Neugebauer and Parker (1969) |
Content
| External registers | Likely three, in the pattern of the Karnak water clock (WCO 1). |
| External upper band of text | Yes |
| External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | Fragment only preserves part of the top rim and upper part of top register, including a partial decan list and a falcon-headed god (the planet Jupiter). Full description of the AR1-type diagram here |
| Rim | Unknown |
| Interior markings | Small circles indicating hour marks |
| Other features | Unknown |
Notes
The object arrived in the Museum as a gift of De Grueneisen in 1930. It is not on display.
See also Schomberg, A. Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 34 Florence 12290, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-28
Images
See https://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/galileopalazzostrozzi/object/FragmentOfHourglass.html
WCO 19 OIM, Chicago E16875
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 19 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location | Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago |
| Catalogue Numbers | OIM 16875 |
| Provenance | Egypt |
| Date | Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy II, 284-246 BCE |
| Dimensions |
Height 52.5 cm; diameter 67 cm |
| Material | Limestone, carnelian beads |
| Condition | Unfinished |
| Publications | Quagebauer (1971); Quagebauer (1980); Teeter (2003); Ritner (2016) |
Content
| External registers | Single Register |
| External upper band of text | |
| External lower band(s) of text | |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | |
| Rim | |
| Interior markings | Yes, twelve columns of holes present, some containing carnelian beads. |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 37 Oriental Institute 16875, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-31
Images
See Ritner (2016).