Identification
| Title | Water clock (Louvre and Thorvaldsens) |
| Water Clock ID | WCO 10 (see catalogue of water clocks) |
| Type | Astronomical Representation |
| Decan List Family | AR1 |
| EAT3 Number and Name | 44 Ptolemy II |
| EAT3 Pages and Plates | 60, Plate 22C |
| EAT3 Decan List Family | Senmut or Senmut A |
| Publications | Borchardt (1920) |
| Location |
1) Fragment of a water clock N 664 = AF 894, Louvre Museum, Paris 2) Fragment of a water clock H351, Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen (this fragment was unknown to Neugebauer and Parker) |
| Date | Ptolemaic, time of Ptolemy II |
Content
| Registers | Probably 2 or 3 |
| Circumpolar Group and Deities | Yes (on the Thorvaldsens fragment) |
| Planets | Yes (on the Thorvaldsens fragment) |
| Decan Names | Yes |
| Decanal Stars | Yes |
| Personifications of the Decans | Unlikely |
| Cluster Numbers | ? |
| Depictions of Decanal Constellations | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Names | Yes |
| Decanal Deity Figures | Unlikely |
| Lunar Months | ? |
| Civil Months | ? |
| Nut | Unlikely |
Notes
This fragment of a Ptolemaic water clock is consistent with an astronomical representation similar to that of the Amenhotep III water clock.
Schematic
The Louvre fragment contains part of the decanal area of the representation, while the Thorvaldsens fragment preserves Saturn and part of the procession of circumpolar deites.
Decan List
Only part of the Sahu area is preserved on the Louvre fragment.
| 35 {rmn} sAH | ||
| Stars of Sahu | Sahu | |
| 31 art | Eye of Horus | |
| 32 Hry rmn sAH | ||
The decan numbers and letters shown here are for the decan family AR1.
Grey shading = damage
{ } = included in error
The number of star symbols accompanying the decans is also omitted here, as it is often impossible to tell to which decan the symbols refer. EAT3 deals with star symbols in some detail.
Image
Thorvaldsens Museum has made this image available to the public domain under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.
