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Roman Polos

The ancient Roman POLOS, or HELIOTROPION, is a staff standing in a basin, time being measured by the movement of the shadow from one point to another

Picture No
10052549
Media ID
47216388
Size
2647px x 4593px (2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
cigarette card by an unnamed artist in Morris's series Measurement of Time' (1924)
Date
BC/AD

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