Dear Fellow-dialers, Sorry. I should have sent this to the whole list - instead of just to Kevin - earlier today. -Len
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Len Berggren <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:23 AM Subject: Re: Algerian Prayer time dial To: Kevin Karney <[email protected]> Kevin, the rightmost curve is labeled *'aṣr* (late afternoon) and the one to the left of it is labeled * ẓuhr* (shortly after the sun has passed the meridian). The long vertical line is labeled *khaṭṭ al-zawāl* (meridian), and the short line on the left is labelled *qā'imuhā* (its upright/vertical), i.e. it shows the length of the gnomon. Do you have any information on the provenance of the dial more specific than 'Algeria'? Its an interesting dial because it gives only prayer times. -Len On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Kevin Karney <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends > Can anyone translate the arabic on this dial, which is in the Tiemcen > museum in Algiers? > > My *guess* is … > the noon line reads Dhuhr > the next line is the start of Asr (length of shadow = height + length of > noon shadow) > the next is the start of the 'time of necessity' for Asr (when the sun > turns orange before sunset) > the rubric at the bottom gives the height of the nodus > > Thanks > Kevin > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > -- J. L. Berggren Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics Simon Fraser University 8888 University Dr. Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 phone: 604-936-2268 fax: 604-936-2168 website: http://people.math.sfu.ca/~berggren/ -- J. L. Berggren Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics Simon Fraser University 8888 University Dr. Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 phone: 604-936-2268 fax: 604-936-2168 website: http://people.math.sfu.ca/~berggren/
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