Identification
ID in this catalogue | SC GRM 19810 |
Type | Conical |
Current Location | Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt |
Catalogue Numbers |
19810 Dialface ID 429 Excavation Inventory Number: P 127 |
Provenance | Abu Mina, Egypt, found 1985 in the northeastern side of the main square, where it had been re-used as building material (Kościuk 1992) |
Date | Unknown |
Dimensions | H 346 mm, W 446 mm, D c. 250-254 mm (Kościuk 1992) |
Material | Nummulite limestone (Kościuk 1992) |
Markings and inscriptions | Thirteen hour lines, including an extended noon line. Solsticial and equinoctial lines. |
Notes | Gnomon is missing (Kościuk 1992) |
Literature |
Images
Very good drawings are contained in Kościuk (1992), which is available via that author's academia.edu page here.