Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 10 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location |
Fragment a) The Louvre Museum
Fragment b) Thorvaldsens Museum
|
| Catalogue Numbers |
Fragment a) Louvre N664
Fragment b) Thorvaldsens H351
|
| Provenance | Unknown |
| Date | Ptolemaic Period, 285 - 246 BCE |
| Dimensions |
Fragment a) Height 9.60 cm; width 10.10 cm
Fragment b) Height 17.9 cm; width 10.6 cm
|
| Material | Granodiorite |
| Condition | Fragmented: two fragments are located in France and Denmark. |
| Publications | Borchardt (1920); Danneskiold-Samsøe (1975); Neugebauer and Parker (1969) |
Content
| External registers | Probably three |
| External upper band of text | No |
| External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | On the 10a) fragment, the upper body of Orion and part of the decan list is preserved. On the 10b) fragment, we find a planet and part of the circumpolar attendant deities. |
| Rim | Abbreviated month names |
| Interior markings | Fill line and three dots going down the length of the waterclock |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entries in:
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 31 Louvre 644, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-25 [Fragment a] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 6.)
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 32 Thorvaldsen 351, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-26 [Fragment b]
Images
a) Louvre Museum photos: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010028348
b) Photo (CC0 License) from Thorvaldsens Museum:
