WCO 4 Alexander the Great B
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 4 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location |
Fragment a: The State Hermitage Museum
Fragment b: National Museum of Naples
|
| Catalogue Numbers |
Fragment a: ДВ-2507
Fragment b: 2327
|
| Provenance | Egypt |
| Date | 332-323 BCE |
| Dimensions |
Fragment a: Height 33.5 cm
Fragment b: Height 13.7 cm; width 16.7 cm; depth 5.5 cm
|
| Material | Granodiorite |
| Condition | Two fragments, currently in different locations |
| Publications | Kircher (1654); Golenischeff (1891); Wiedemann (1901); Borchardt (1920); Шолпо (1939); Roullet (1972); Lembke (1994); Bolshakov (2005); Lodomez (2007) |
Content
| External registers | Single Register |
| External upper band of text | Yes |
| External lower band(s) of text | Yes |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | No |
| Rim | Unknown |
| Interior markings | Two partial columns of dots visible |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entries in:
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 17 Hermitage 2507a, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-9 [Fragment a] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 3.)
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 25 Naples, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-18 [Fragment b] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 12.)
Images
Fragment a: Hermitage Museum Website The fragment is on display in Room 100 and can be seen in the Museum website's panaroramic views of that room.
Fragment b: see Lodomez (2007)
WCO 5 Alexander the Great C (Brooklyn 57.21.1)
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 5 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location |
Brooklyn Museum, New York |
| Catalogue Numbers | 57.21.1 |
| Provenance | Egypt |
| Date | 332 BCE - 305 BCE |
| Dimensions | 10 x 4 x 13.8 cm |
| Material | Granodiorite? |
| Condition | Incomplete: only one small fragment is known to survive |
| Publications | Lodomez (2007) |
Content
| External registers | Probably single register |
| External upper band of text | Yes |
| External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | Probably not |
| Rim | Unknown - the fragment contains part of the rim but no images of the top surface have been obtained. |
| Interior markings | Unknown - no images of the interior surface have been obtained. |
| Other features |
Notes
Brooklyn Museum Collection online record: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/72833
See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 27 Brooklyn , 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-20
Images
Fragmentary Water Clock, 332 B.C.E.-305 B.C.E. Basalt, 3 15/16 x 1 9/16 x 5 7/16 in. (10 x 4 x 13.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 57.21.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.57.21.1_negA.jpg)
WCO 7 Turin Supp. 8 and MRAH, Brussels E.04782
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 7 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location |
Fragment a) Museo Egizio, Turin Room 13, Case 06 Fragment b) MRAH, Brussels, on display |
| Catalogue Numbers |
Fragment a) Supp. 8
Fragment b) E.04782
|
| Provenance | Found in Rome, behind the S. Maria sopra Minerva (Müskens 2017). The Turin fragment came from Kircherian Museum in 1896 |
| Date | Late Period |
| Dimensions |
Fragment a) Height 19.5 cm; width 21 cm
Fragment b) Height 11.5 cm; width 16 cm; thickness 4 cm
|
| Material | Red Granite |
| Condition | Two fragments remain |
| Publications | Kircher (1654);
Borchardt (1920); Speelers (1923); Pogo (1936); Capart (1938); Porter and Moss (1960); Roullet (1972); Langmann et al. (1984); Lembke (1994); Grimm and Mina Zeni (2004); Müskens (2017) |
Content
| External registers | Single Register |
| External upper band of text | The Brussels fragment (b) has a line of text on the outside recording the dual use of the instrument: "To be able to know the hours of the day when Re cannot be seen, and to be able to know the hours of the night (when the stars cannot be seen)." (MRAH Catalogue) |
| External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram |
No |
| Rim | Unknown |
| Interior markings | The inner surface was carved with twelve lines, each with eleven projections, one series for each month of the year. The eleven subdivisions were further apart during the winter months because the nights were longer. The inner surface of the fragment also has traces of a was-sceptre and a djed-pillar. (MRAH Catalogue) |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entries in:
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 29 Turin, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-22 [Fragment a] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 5.)
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 35 Brussels, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-29 [Fragment b]
Images
a) Museo Egizio website: https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_8/?description=&inventoryNumber=S.+8
b) MRAH website: https://www.carmentis.be:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=80673&viewType=detailView
WCO 8 Pushkin, Moscow I.1.a.5955
Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 8 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location | Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
| Catalogue Numbers | I.1.a.5955 |
| Provenance | Egypt, unknown location |
| Date | around 330 BCE |
| Dimensions | Height 19 cm; width 17 cm; thickness 3 cm |
| Material | Granite or granodiorite |
|
Condition |
Fragment |
| Publications | Hodjash and Berlev (1982, 185) |
Content
| External registers | Small portion of two preserved, likely to be three originally |
| External upper band of text | Unknown |
| External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | Present, with only a small part preserved, encompassing parts of two lunar months (lower register) and three circumpolar attendant deities (middle register) |
| Rim | Unknown |
| Interior markings | Yes, columns of dots of which two are partially preserved |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 20 Pushkin 5955, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-13 (Berlin cast of this object is ID 8.)
Images
None available.