Identification
ID in this catalogue | SC Basa |
Type | Conical |
Current Location | National Museum, Khartoum |
Catalogue Numbers | Dialface ID: 190. Gibbs 3089. Museum number unknown |
Provenance | Found in autumn 1907 outside the sanctuary in Basa, Sudan (Gibbs 1976) |
Date | "The dial is probably contemporary with the temple at Basa dating from the third century A.D." (Gibbs 1976) |
Dimensions | H 210 mm, W 350 mm, D 110 to 140 mm (Gibbs 1976) |
Material | Subcrystalline limestone (Gibbs 1976)
Marble (Crowfoot and Griffith 1911) |
Markings and inscriptions | "Parts of seven hour lines and the summer solstice curve" (Gibbs 1976) |
Notes | "A large portion of the dial surface is broken away" (Gibbs 1976) |
Literature | Crowfoot and Griffith (1911) pp. 17-18 and Pl. X. Gibbs (1976) p. 307; Graßhoff (2015) but see caveat above. |
Images
Crowfoot and Griffith (1911) Plate X: