Identification
ID in this catalogue | WCO 10 |
Type | Outflow water clock |
Current Location |
Fragment a) The Louvre Museum Fragment b) Thorvaldsens Museum |
Catalogue Numbers |
Fragment a) Louvre N664 Fragment b) Thorvaldsens H351 |
Provenance | Unknown |
Date | Ptolemaic Period, 285 - 246 BCE |
Dimensions |
Fragment a) Height 9.60 cm; width 10.10 cm Fragment b) Height 17.9 cm; width 10.6 cm |
Material | Granodiorite |
Condition |
Fragmented: two fragments are located in France and Denmark. |
Publications |
Content
External registers | Probably three |
External upper band of text | No |
External lower band(s) of text | Unknown |
Exterior Astronomical Diagram | On the 10a) fragment, the upper body of Orion and part of the decan list is preserved. On the 10b) fragment, we find a planet and part of the circumpolar attendant deities. |
Rim | Abbreviated month names |
Interior markings | Fill line and three dots going down the length of the waterclock |
Other features |
Notes
See also the entries in:
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 31 Louvre 644, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-25 [Fragment a] (Berlin cast of this object is ID 6.)
Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 32 Thorvaldsen 351, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-26 [Fragment b]
Images
a) Louvre Museum photos: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010028348
b) Photo (CC0 License) from Thorvaldsens Museum: