Identification
ID in this catalogue SC BM EA68475
Type Conical
Current Location British Museum, London 
Catalogue Numbers

EA 68475 

Dialface ID: 317

Provenance San-el Hagar, Tanis. Donated by Egyptian Exploration Fund  
Date End of the Ptolemaic period 
Dimensions W 20 mm, L 43 mm
Material Ivory 
Markings and inscriptions

Incised lines on surface are from a red material.

Has a Greek inscription on bottom edge.

Notes This tiny sundial was found in 17 burned pieces which were then reassembled (see Evans and Marée (2008)).
Literature

Petrie (1885)

Evans and Marée (2008) 

Images

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