Earliest Sundial

[Hal2dial]

In the palace garden there was another similar sundial with a wire pole style as well as a perpendicular shadow casting object.  Photography was easier except that the dial was supported far enough above the ground that a ladder was needed to take useful photographs!  The plaque states "According to the inscription  at the edge, the sundial dates from the reign of Sultan Mehmed II (1451 - 81) and was restored in 1794 during the reign of  Sultan Selim III (1789-1807) by Armourer Seyyid Abdullah.  The sundial is aligned north south.  The face has two gnomons and three different dials."

Hal Brandmaier