Vertical Disc Dial, Roman, c. 250 A.D. ? | |||||||||||
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Inventory Number: | 51358 | ||||||||||
Object Type: | | ||||||||||
Subject Classification(s): | Lewis Evans Collection By Collection Sundials Mathematical Instruments By Trade Location | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1924-0/part | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | For online analyses of this type of dial, see S.A. Johnston: ‘Rome revisited: the vertical disc dial’, http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/staff/saj/roman and the 2015 article by Frank H. King attached to this record as a PDF. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | Unsigned and undated | ||||||||||
Provenance: | Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Recorded by Lewis Evans as 'Bought from H Heilbronner Paris 1896(?) for 50/-.
It is said to have been dug up near Presberg.'
[Bratislava].
NB 'H' is likely be 'R' for Raoul Heilbronner, the German/French antiques dealer operating up to the 1920s. | ||||||||||
Collection Group: | Lewis Evans Collection | ||||||||||
Material(s): |
Bronze | ||||||||||
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