>There were found some more erased lines on the vertical dials of the Tower f the Winds in Athens <snip> I am quite satisfied with by new analysis ill now, but one line opposes. It is a straight line on the southern dial nd goes from the equinoctial line to the date line of the summer solstice rossing the space of the ninth till the 11th hour. While all the other rased lines were compensated by new lines this one not. What was the eaning of that line? I found many explanations but none satisfies me. herefore I would appreciate if you have an idea or may help by a uggestion. If you want I can send a drawing, < Perhaps you could send me (off list) a drawing of the line that you mean? harles Aked in an article about the Tower in the BSS Bulletin 92.3; ctober 1992 at p15 shows a rough drawing of the South Dial that he made in 979. He comments that the gnomons on the Tower were replaced in the 840s by Palaskas with ones quite unlike the originals and that some have ven been lowered from their original positions. There is an addendum to his article in BSS Bulletin 93.1; February 1993, p31. Hallo Patrick, There are no informations that Palaskas had the opportunity to change some lines. The contrary is right: Palaskas wanted to add some more lines but it was not allowed to him by the Greek officials. What we have on the walls of the Tower therefore is the condition of the 1st century BC. For those who are able to read German: I have a pdf-file called "Ein hellenistisches Enigma" on my web www.antike-sonnenuhren.de that gives the drawing and my ideas on that line. Karlheinz --------------------------------------------------- ttps://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial ________________________________________________________________________ AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort können Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos.
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