iòaae (?) wrote: >>>In the Israel Museum in Jerusalem there is an object made of 4 concentric circles, with lines markings. it is assumed to be an ancient (about 2000 years old) sundial.Can anybody inform me of a similiar shaped sundial? Thanks. >>>>
Hi, iòaae, I suppose you mean the stone found in 1954 by De Vaux. The magazine ANALEMA (No. 20, May/August 1997) publishes an article about the mentioned object, by M.M. Valdes. The author adds two hypotesis (an equatorial sundial & a calender) to those of Albani & Glessmer (i.e., an instrument for astronomical measures). ANALEMA is the bulletin of the "Asociacion de Amigos de los Relojes de Sol" (a Spanish gnomonic society). The suscripcion fee is -I think- U.S.$35 per year. Correspondence may be addressed to the General Secretary, M. Lombardero, Isaac Peral 48, Madrid 28040, Spain. Best regards, Javier Moreno Bores.
