Portable Universal Sundial

Image of a portable universal bronze circular sundial with concentric and radiating lines inscribed on one face and labeled with Roman numerals. A gnomon of the same material projects above and along the plane of the circular plate.

Portable Universal Sundial

Medium:: Bronze

Dimensions:: H. 6.4 cm; W. 6.1 cm; D. 2.5 cm

Context:: Near Bratislava (?)

Date:: 1st–4th century CE

Inventory Number:: 51358

Lender:: Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

Credit:: Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford

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