Fragment of a water clock
Fragment of a water clock.
The function of the water clocks was based on water that was poured in to the container and would trickle out from a hole in the bottom. An hour scale was engraved on the inside. The scale made it possible to measure the passing of time - as the water surface descended, it would reach an hour mark at regular intervals.
Ptolemaic period.
Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki
Fragment of a water clock
Fragment of a water clock.
The function of the water clocks was based on water that was poured in to the container and would trickle out from a hole in the bottom. An hour scale was engraved on the inside. The scale made it possible to measure the passing of time - as the water surface descended, it would reach an hour mark at regular intervals.
Ptolemaic period.
Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki