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
D. Bonanome, Frammento di meridiana ad Hemicyclium sferico in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 362-365.
