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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy post medieval portable sundial.This example is of the simple ring type. It is formed of a flat copper-alloy ring with a rectangular channel cut in the centre for about a third of its circumference; this would have contained a separate sliding collar, which is missing. On the external surface, above and below the channel, there are inscribed measurement lines, above which are the first letters of the months of the year: '[I F M A M] I' (the earlier months) above and '[I A S] O N D' (the later months) below, upside down. Circumferential lines below the letters continue round the whole external face, as do the lines that border the letters above. The outer surface is worn and corroded.On the interior there are similar incised lines directly above and below the channel that go around the whole surface. In a zone between each end of the channel are punched dots, alternately over scored with diagonal and transverse lines. These lines are in turn under numerals denoting hours: '4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12' above and '8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1' below. The basic semicircular wire loop is missing, the two circular perforations are visible.The sundial measures 37.6mm in internal diameter; 40.9mm external diameter and 10.70mm high and weighs 14.20grams
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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