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Dear Frans,
The picture that Dan-George pointed us to is excellent and intriguing too. My
reading of the lettering is slightly different from yours. Starting from the
top (presumably the winter solstice), I get
X I M E P I N H
H M E P I N H
E P I N H
where the columns represent the spaces between the hour lines. There could be
some misreadings here. It is clearly not the standard Greek system of using the
first letters of their alphabet as numbers but I don’t recognise the names of
the seasons either. Looking through Sharon Gibbs’ book, I couldn’t find a
similar set of inscriptions. Can any classical scholars help us?
As a second point, the front face of the marble looks to be vertical in the
photo but I found another view online which seems to show it cut back at an
oblique angle. Both forms of dial are known - which is this?
Regards,
John
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Dr J Davis
Flowton Dials http://www.flowton-dials.co.uk/
BSS Editor http://sundialsoc.org.uk/publications/the-bss-bulletin/
> On 8 Apr 2020, at 18:37, Maes, F.W. <f.w.m...@rug.nl> wrote:
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> Dan-George, thank you for the link! That is a beautiful ancient scaphe dial.
> The article says: "The sundial features ... Greek names of seasons". I can
> read a number of characters, which at all three date lines (equinox and
> solstices) seem to include MEPINH. What season names are these?
>
> Keep healthy!
> Frans Maes
>
>> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 12:33 PM Roser Raluy <roserra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you, it looks great!
>> Roser Raluy
>>
>> Missatge de Dan-George Uza <cerculdest...@gmail.com> del dia dt., 7 d’abr.
>> 2020 a les 10:12:
>>> Hello, I've just read about the discovery of an antique sundial in Turkey.
>>>
>>> https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2000-year-old-sundial-unearthed-in-southern-turkeys-denizli
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
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