Identification
ID in this catalogue | SD Berlin ÄM 20322 |
Type | Semicircular, portable |
Current Location | Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin |
Catalogue Numbers | 20322. Dialface ID 332 |
Provenance | "Chalid in Luxor" (Rau 2002) presumably refers to the vendor. Borchardt (1911) simply states "Luxor". |
Date | 4th-1st century B.C, Greco-Roman era |
Dimensions | H 68 mm, D 12 mm, W 74mm |
Material | Green faience (Borchardt 1911) |
Markings and inscriptions | Has a 2mm hole for the gnomon and a square depression above it. On the top surface there are two holes, presumably to suspend the dial (Rau 2002).. There are thirteen radial hour lines. |
Notes | |
Literature | Borchardt (1911); Borchardt (1920) p. 48 ff.; Sloley (1931) p. 173 and Pl. XVII.2; Clagett (1995); Rau (2002); Bickel and Gautschy (2014); Graßhoff (2015) |
Images
Clagett (1995), figure III.56, reproduced by kind permission of the publishers, the American Philosphical Society:
Borchart (1920) reconstruction: