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Early Roman limestone sundial

Image attached to GR.100.1906

An image of Horological equipment. Sundial. Production Place: Egypt. Limestone, carved, height 0.468 m, 1-200 AD. Early Roman Period.

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Horological equipment. Sundial. Production Place: Egypt. Limestone, carved, height 0.468 m, 1-200 AD. Early Roman Period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.100.1906
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 855 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 540.47kB

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2nd Century AD antiquity carved Early Roman Fitz_ANT horological equipment limestone Roman sun dial sundial

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