Identification
ID in this catalogue | WCO 20 |
Type | Outflow water clock |
Current Location | Last known to be in the Capitoline Museums, Rome - unverified |
Catalogue Numbers | Unknown |
Provenance | A private house near the site of a temple of Isis and Sarapis (monastery of Santa Lucia in Selci). |
Date | Probably Roman era, based on the style of interior markings |
Dimensions | Maximum dimension around 11 cm |
Material | Basalt |
Condition |
Unknown |
Publications | Borchardt (1920) |
Content
External registers | None |
External upper band of text | No external decoration |
External lower band(s) of text | No external decoration |
Exterior Astronomical Diagram | No |
Rim | Month and zodiac markings: Phamenoth Pharmouthi, Pisces and the spring equinox, plus some finer gradation of the year via holes (six per month). |
Interior markings | Yes, apparently dots joined by horizontal lines. |
Other features |
Notes
See also the entry in: Schomberg, A., Berlin Waterclock Project, ID 39 Rome, 2019, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/2-10-33
Images
See Borchardt (1920) for a drawing of the interior and rim.