Identification
ID in this catalogue | WCO 6 |
Type | Outflow water clock |
Current Location |
British Museum |
Catalogue Numbers |
EA938 (1873,0812.1, BS.938) |
Provenance |
Tell el-Yahudiya(?) |
Date |
Ptolemaic, 320 BCE |
Dimensions |
Height 34 cm; width 30 cm; depth 7 cm |
Material | Granodiorite |
Condition |
One large fragment spanning rim to near the bottom |
Publications |
Content
External registers | Single Register |
External upper band of text | Present |
External lower band(s) of text | Present |
Exterior Astronomical Diagram | No |
Rim | One complete and one partial month label in Latin and Egyptian |
Interior markings | Two vertical lines of evenly spaced incised dots are preserved, as are parts of a djed-pillar, a was-sceptre, and an ankh. The fill line is clearly visible. |
Other features |
Notes
Entry in the Britsh Museum online catalogue: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA938
See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 28 BM 938, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-21 (Berlin cast of this object is ID 10.)
Images
See the BM catalogue entry above for views of the exterior and interior. Langmann et al. (1984) includes a view of the rim.