wow, it’s a pity they show the sundial upside down.
It seems to suggest the use of vertical hours (from the vertical plane revolving around an horizontal axes N-S, as called by Ptolemy) before they became properly temporary hours. ciao Fabio Fabio Savian [email protected] Paderno Dugnano, Milano, Italy 45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1 (DST +2) From: Ross Sinclair Caldwell Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:17 PM To: sundial list sundials Subject: 3500 year old Egyptian sundial uncovered (with photo) >From the Egyptologist's Electronic Forum - http://www.egyptologyforum.org/EEFCharter.html * Press report: "One of the world's oldest sun dials dug upin Valley of the Kings" (with photo)<http://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/03/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-sun-dial-dug-up-in-kings-valley/>"During archaeological excavations in the Kings' Valley in Upper Egypta team of researchers from the University of Basel found one of theworld's oldest ancient Egyptian sun dials. The team of the EgyptologicalSeminar under the direction of Prof. Susanne Bickel made the significantdiscovery while clearing the entrance to one of the tombs. During thisyear's excavations the researchers found a flattened piece of limestone(so-called Ostracon) on which a semicircle in black color had beendrawn. The semicircle is divided into twelve sections of about 15 degreeseach. A dent in the middle of the approximately 16 centimeterlong horizontal baseline served to insert a wooden or metal bolt thatwould cast a shadow to show the hours of the day. Small dots in themiddle of each section were used for even more detailed time measuring.The sun dial was found in an area of stone huts that were used in the 13thcentury BC to house the men working at the construction of the graves.The sun dial was possibly used to measure their work hours. (..)"* German press release:<http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?uuid=6314229FE0430B8C588204CE905F183A&type=search&show_long=1>Ross Caldwell43°20'N 3°12'E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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