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If I'm counting correctly, the other sundials appear to have 12 divisions,
but your example only has eleven. This would seem to argue against the
sundial explanation.
Linda Derry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bob Skiles
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: please help identify this item
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> Ron,
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> Thanks for your comments. I agree that this design appears to be both
> decorative & functional. The one edge isn't
> unfinished/broken, it's simply
> obscured by the scrunched-up cloth on which it's sitting (the
> original photo
> in the left panel has been inverted 180-degrees to show the
> "flower" &
> "keystone" perspective). I apologize for the unclear/misleading photo.
>
> http://skiles.net/Tyler.jpg
>
> Bob
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 2:39 AM
> Subject: Re: please help identify this item
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> > Bob,
> >
> > The stone appears ornamental and the interior design looks to have
> > more
> > than
> > one meaning: floral and functional. I am reminded of compass type
> > illustrations used by architectural designers to calculate
> the maximum sun
> > angles
> > during the day in order to lay out windows and French doors
> for lighting
> > planning
> > in a house. However, one of the angles blends into the
> geometric flower
> > part.
> > I tend to see it as unfinished, given the break on one end.
> >
> > Ron May
> > Legacy 106, Inc
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