Identification
| ID in this catalogue | SC Basa |
| Type | Conical |
| Current Location | National Museum, Khartoum |
| Catalogue Numbers |
Dialface ID: 190 Gibbs 3089 Museum number unknown |
| Provenance | Found in autumn 1907 outside the sanctuary in Basa, Sudan (Gibbs 1976) |
| Date | "The dial is probably contemporary with the temple at Basa dating from the third century A.D." (Gibbs 1976) |
| Dimensions | H 210 mm, W 350 mm, D 110 to 140 mm (Gibbs 1976) |
| Material |
Subcrystalline limestone (Gibbs 1976) Marble (Crowfoot and Griffith 1911) |
| Markings and inscriptions | "Parts of seven hour lines and the summer solstice curve" (Gibbs 1976) |
| Notes | "A large portion of the dial surface is broken away" (Gibbs 1976) |
| Literature |
Crowfoot and Griffith (1911) pp. 17-18 and Pl. X Gibbs (1976) p. 307 Graßhoff (2015) but see caveat above |
Images
Crowfoot and Griffith (1911) Plate X:
