Identification
| ID in this catalogue | SC BM 1909,0216.10 |
| Type | Spherical |
| Current Location | British Museum, London |
| Catalogue Numbers |
Has two museum registration numbers: 1886,0401.1477 and 1909, 0216.10 Dialface ID 41 Gibbs 1040G |
| Provenance | Sanctuary of Apollo, Naukratis, Egypt. Excavated by Petrie in 1884/5 season and donated by the EEF to the BM in 1886 (museum online database) |
| Date | Unknown |
| Dimensions | W 78 mm, H 65 mm, D 50 mm (Gibbs 1976) |
| Material | Limestone |
| Markings and inscriptions |
A gnomon groove 5 mm wide remains in the top surface of the dial. Limestone - This miniature dial has a rounded back. Twelve hour lines extend from a day curve near the gnomon to the lower edge of the spherical surface." (Gibbs 1976) "Traces of engraved letters are visible below the spherical surface." (Gibbs 1976) |
| Notes |
"Petrie mentioned this find in his journal (Journal 1884-85, p. 191) 'a small limestone dial was picked out of the rubbish' in the Temple of Apollo area." (museum online database, curator's notes) "Small fragmentary limestone sundial. There are 12 grooves and a notch at the top of the piece that originally held the pointer or "Gnomon"." (museum online database) BUT is it a sundial? "Part of limestone florette (?) resembling a sundial; an architectural feature." (museum online database) |
| Literature |
Petrie (1886) p. 16, pl. XVIII, no. 6 Gibbs (1976) p. 155 Villing et al. (2013) CG.03 |
Images
Petrie (1886) Plate XVIII, number 6:
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