book, "A Choice of sundials discusses the "Greek pelekinon sundial".
The shape of the hour and day lines suggest the bouble headed ax
found in Greece. On a recent trip to Greece I saw an ax of this type
in a museum in Macedonia.
Hope this helps a little bit.
Sure does; you've solved the mystery, bravo. "Pelekus" is the word
for that characteristic axe; common for example in Greek accounts of
the Roman lictors, who carry bundles of rods with an axe in them.
Someone misstyped or misscanned; beware the Web.
I'd alert the Wikipedia folks myself, but maybe Daniel should do it
instead, to give the correction a bit better standing?
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Bill Thayer
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http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/I/home.html
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