The small squares on the ends of the time lines are reminiscent of the
decorations on the church dial at Pittington, Northumberland, UK
(picture, Gatty 4th ed. p.52) which is dated eleventh century, on a
church with Anglo-Saxon and Norman elements.
Frank 55N 1W
On 16/06/2014 21:23, cerculdestele . wrote:
Hey group!
This sundial piece was found during the construction of a shopping
center in my city (Cluj-Napoca, Romania). The local museum suspects
it's roman, but I have my doubts.
Could it be a vertical meridional sundial because of the 6 o'clock
line matching the line of horizon? No numbers are preserved and no
clue is left as to the shape of the gnomon. It seems to have been a
rectangular iron rod placed slightly off center. The big questions
are: did the style point to the celestial pole? do the hour lines
suggest something of this sort? and more important: does it look roman
to you?
Dan
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