Identification
ID in this catalogue | SC GRM 17483 |
Type | Conical |
Current Location | Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt |
Catalogue Numbers |
17483 Dialface ID: 525, 637 |
Provenance | From Maryut (Crowfoot and Griffith 1911, who mention this dial in comparison with SC Basa) |
Date | Unknown |
Dimensions |
H = 710 mm, W = ?880 mm (reconstructed), D = ?480 mm (reconstructed) (Kościuk 1992 fn. 9) |
Material | Unknown |
Markings and inscriptions | "Three day curves are visible on the preserved shadow receiving-surface." |
Notes | "One of the biggest conical sundials preserved in the Mediterranean" (Kościuk 1992) |
Literature |
Images
The following two photographs are reproduced with the kind permission of Prof. Jacek Kościuk.