Yes, ai also think thisi is a medieval canonical sundial.The possibile datation is around the IX-XII th. cent.N.S.
----Messaggio originale---- Da: [email protected] Data: 16/06/2014 22.23 A: <[email protected]> Ogg: Roman sundial? Hey group! This sundial piece was found during the construction of a shopping center in my city (Cluj-Napoca, Romania). The local museum suspects it's roman, but I have my doubts. Could it be a vertical meridional sundial because of the 6 o'clock line matching the line of horizon? No numbers are preserved and no clue is left as to the shape of the gnomon. It seems to have been a rectangular iron rod placed slightly off center. The big questions are: did the style point to the celestial pole? do the hour lines suggest something of this sort? and more important: does it look roman to you? Dan
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