Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 12 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location | Room 100, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
| Catalogue Numbers | ДВ-2507b (also called 8698 in Шолпо (1939)) |
| Provenance | Rome (Iseum Campense), then Florence (Museum Gaddiano), then the Hermitage (around 1888) |
| Date | Ptolemy II, 285-246 BCE |
| Dimensions | Height 20.5 cm |
| Material | Granodiorite |
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Condition |
Fragment |
| Publications |
Content
| External registers | Only one preserved |
| External upper band of text | Unknown |
| External lower band(s) of text | No |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | Unknown, as the decoration could have extended beyond the current fragment |
| Rim | Not preserved |
| Interior markings | Ankhs, djeds, and was-sceptres with columns of dots above. |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 18 Hermitage 2507b, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-10 (Berlin cast of this object is ID 4.)
Images
The object does not appear to be on display currently and is not available in the online museum catalogue (as of May 2021).