EK stands for Etos Kyriou, Greek for “the year of the Lord”. See J.Davis, MJ
Harley & H James, 'Joseph McNally's Slate Sundials', BSS Bulletin 16(iii)
pp.110-116.
John------------------------ Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/
BSS Editor http://sundialsoc.org.uk/publications/the-bss-bulletin/
From: Patrick Powers <[email protected]>
To: Dan-George Uza <[email protected]>; Sundial mail list NEW
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 15 April 2016, 11:01
Subject: Re: Sundials with Greek alphabetical numerals
Hi That’s really interesting Dan. I do not know of any dial in Britain/Ireland
having Greek numerals for time indication. However, I am aware of Greek being
used on something like 20+ British dials but all but one of those only use
Greek for their mottoes. The one exception still does not use Greek time
numerals but it does apparently have the dial’s date written in Greek; or at
least it’s thought to be the date. The dial was originally found in Paisley,
which is the largest town in Renfrewshire, in Scotland but it now resides in
England. What is there is: It reads: E. K. XH HHH ∆∆∆ IIIII Now, we have
always supposed that the letters E. K. were the makers initials and the Greek
capitals below represented the date. However it’s not easy to know. If we
were dealing with ancient Greek coins (!) then their dates often started with
an E (short for ΕΤΟΥΣ meaning ‘Of the Year’) but I don’t think that applies
here! The dial’s date is thought to be 1835 but I have not found a reference
that translates what is on the dial into 1835. Maybe this dial uses some sort
of pseudo-Greek! Regards Patrick From: Dan-George Uza Sent: Friday, April 15,
2016 8:50 AMTo: [email protected] Subject: Sundials with Greek alphabetical
numerals Hello! This is the only sundial with Greek alphabetical numbering I've
come across in Romania and I was wondering: are they common in the rest of
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