Identification
ID in this catalogue | SL Berlin ÄM 14573 |
Type | L-shaped |
Current Location | Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin |
Catalogue Numbers | ÄM 14573 |
Provenance | Bought by Reinhard in 1899 (Rau 2002) |
Date | New Kingdom, Amenhotep III (c. 1380 BC) |
Dimensions | H 46 mm, W 30 mm, D 13 mm (Rau 2002) |
Material | Wood |
Markings and inscriptions | A hole and reference line are visible on the right-hand side. Front surface has depiction of Amenhotep III offering to the sun-god. |
Notes | This is only the gnomon portion of an L-shaped sundial. The lower part is the joint which would have attached it to the other part of the dial. It has a drilled hole at the bottom to dowel this joint. |
Literature |
Borchardt (1920) pp.32 ff. Clagett (1995) Fig III.41 |
Images
From Clagett (1995) Pl. III.41:
From Sloley (1931):