Identification
ID in this catalogue | SD Debod |
Type | Semicircular, fixed |
Current Location | Assumed to be in situ at Debod |
Catalogue Numbers | None |
Provenance | Debod quarries |
Date | Ptolemaic |
Dimensions | About 330 mm diameter, from photographs in Roeder (1911) |
Material | Carved in rock |
Markings and Inscriptions | Thirteen radial lines form twelve hour zones. The gnomon hole is slightly to the right of the noon line, which extends vertically above the dial and to a lesser extent below. The dial appears to be depicted standing on a plinth, resembling that of concave sundials, perhaps. |
Notes | One of three quarry sundials in this catalogue (SD Qertassi and SX MonsClaudianus being the other two) |
Literature |
Roeder (1911) Vol. 1 p. 3 and Vol. 2 Pl. 78a Borchardt (1920) p. 49 |
Images
Roeder (1911):