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Description: | A cast copper alloy sundial box lid in the form of an early nocturnal. The lid is circular with a two-lug hinge at the top. The surface of the lid is divided into twelve sections by engraved lines, which corresponds to the months of the year. Each section has a shorted engraved line in the centre and two shorter ones either side. In the centre of each section has an etched symbol. A copper alloy pointer is secured to the centre of the lid with a flat copper alloy rivet. There are some rust patches on the surface of the lid and on the pointer. The reverse of the lid is plain. The diameter of the lid is 36.02mm and the weight is 6.33g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1450
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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