Lot Essay
For another example of a solar clock gnomon, see pl. 222 in Roveri, ed., Egyptian Civilization, Daily Life.
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W. Henry Vandeveer
AN EGYPTIAN BLACK GRANITE SOLAR CLOCK GNOMON
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AN EGYPTIAN BLACK GRANITE SOLAR CLOCK GNOMON
Late Period, 712-332 B.C.
One side with a small inscribed shrine with cavetto cornice in shallow raised relief, another side with a shallow sunk relief of Re-Harakhty wearing a sun disc and uraeus and holding a wadj-scepter and an ankh-sign, with a column of hieroglyphs reading "Re-Horakhty illuminates the two lands with his ray," with another inscription on the slightly wider base reading "... revered before all the gods, the prophet of ... Ahmose"
2 13/16in. (7.2cm.) high
Late Period, 712-332 B.C.
One side with a small inscribed shrine with cavetto cornice in shallow raised relief, another side with a shallow sunk relief of Re-Harakhty wearing a sun disc and uraeus and holding a wadj-scepter and an ankh-sign, with a column of hieroglyphs reading "Re-Horakhty illuminates the two lands with his ray," with another inscription on the slightly wider base reading "... revered before all the gods, the prophet of ... Ahmose"
2 13/16in. (7.2cm.) high