Subject
Fragment of spherical Hemicyclium sundial missing the left part.
Accession number 22.M322-2.178.
Carrara marble
Max height cm 19, max width cm 22.5, depth cm 20, quadrant diameter cm 15.
Missing parts: left part of the artifact, including the quadrant; top frame with housing point of the gnomon and support base. The back part and the right side are chiseled.
Last third of I cent. B.C. – first half of I cent. A.D.
Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica.
Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)
Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)
References
Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, catalogo della mostra curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Quingentole 2022, pp. 362-365.
