Identification
ID in this catalogue | SS BM EA74841 |
Type | Sloping (gnomon only) |
Current Location | British Museum |
Catalogue Numbers | EA74841 |
Provenance | Africa, Egypt |
Date |
Ptolemaic, 200 BC (British Museum Database) 26 Dynasty, c. 550 BC (Lipincott 1999) |
Dimensions | H 73.5 mm, W 39 mm, L 39 mm (British Museum Database) |
Material | Black granite |
Markings and inscriptions | Hieroglyphics on two sides, including the shrine door and bottom edge |
Notes | This is the gnomon part of a sloping sundial |
Literature | Lipincott (1999) p.108, cat.100 |
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