Inventory Number: | ST 780 | |
Section Number: | Ω 1559 | |
Title: | Sundial | |
Category: | ST Marble | |
Description: | Complete except for two large chips from top. Cubical block of marble with a broad concave face hollowed out, divided by eleven radiating lines and two perpendicular ones. Attachment for bronze or lead needle in center above. Carving along sides: two lion's feet end in a calyx from which springs an acanthus stalk also ending in calyx from which springs a rosette of two rows of six leaves each. Rough-picked behind. Pentelic marble. Cf. ST 147. | |
Context: | Upper destruction fill of Roman House H, north of room 4. | |
Notebook Page: | 2531 | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.15; L. 0.32; W. 0.22 | |
Date: | 4 August 1970 | |
Section: | Ω | |
Grid: | Q 21 | |
Elevation: | -4.50m. | |
Masl: | -4.5m. | |
Bibliography: | Gibbs (1976), p. 231. | |
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:ST 147 | |
References: | Notebook: Ω-12 Notebook: Ω-13 Notebook Page: Ω-12-42 (pp. 2272-2273) Notebook Page: Ω-13-70 (pp. 2530-2531) Card: ST 780 |