Inventory no. 41469 - Epact entry
Epact number: 16972
Horizontal Dial
Unsigned
circa 1500; English ?
Brass; 31 mm in diameter
Main text
This brass hour ring probably belonged to a horizontal compass dial, and was found in Norfolk or Suffolk.
It belongs to the Lewis Evans collection in the Museum of History of Science in Oxford.
Source museum: Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Museum number: Inventory no. 41,469
Detailed text
This brass hour ring probably belonged to a horizontal compass dial, and was found in Norfolk or Suffolk. The hours are marked IIII to [XII] to VI and there is a small hook for the gnomon on the rim of the ring.
Ilaria Meliconi