Identification
| ID in this catalogue | WCO 4 |
| Type | Outflow water clock |
| Current Location |
Fragment a: The State Hermitage Museum
Fragment b: National Museum of Naples
|
| Catalogue Numbers |
Fragment a: ДВ-2507
Fragment b: 2327
|
| Provenance | Egypt |
| Date | 332-323 BCE |
| Dimensions |
Fragment a: Height 33.5 cm
Fragment b: Height 13.7 cm; width 16.7 cm; depth 5.5 cm
|
| Material | Granodiorite |
| Condition | Two fragments, currently in different locations |
| Publications | Kircher (1654); Golenischeff (1891); Wiedemann (1901); Borchardt (1920); Шолпо (1939); Roullet (1972); Lembke (1994); Bolshakov (2005); Lodomez (2007) |
Content
| External registers | Single Register |
| External upper band of text | Yes |
| External lower band(s) of text | Yes |
| Exterior Astronomical Diagram | No |
| Rim | Unknown |
| Interior markings | Two partial columns of dots visible |
| Other features |
Notes
See also the entries in:
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 17 Hermitage 2507a, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-9 [Fragment a] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 3.)
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 25 Naples, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-18 [Fragment b] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 12.)
Images
Fragment a: Hermitage Museum Website The fragment is on display in Room 100 and can be seen in the Museum website's panaroramic views of that room.
Fragment b: see Lodomez (2007)