Plaster copy of an Egyptian shadow clock.

Plaster copy of an Egyptian Shadow Clock, without cross-piece, which is missing from the original and a drawing in frame

A plaster copy of an Egyptian Shadow Clock, without crosspiece, which is missing from the original and a drawing in a frame.

Details

Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1923-584

Materials:: plaster

type:: clocks, sundials, altitude dials with gnomons, drawings and shadow clocks

credit:: Neues Museum, Berlin

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Reproduction of Egyptian Shadow Clock

Plaster copy of an Egyptian Shadow Clock, without cross-piece, which is missing from the original. A conjectural reconstruction of the crosspiece was displayed alongisde the object. Original in Neues Museum, Berlin. Shadows would fall on the base, upon which a scale of 'hours' was marked.