Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Kastellion Monastery on Khirbet el-Merd, Fifth century CE. Limestone conical sundial.

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Cross Centered below the dial 400 CE to 499 CE Based on foundation of the Monastery in 492. Judaea Khirbet el-Merd Kastellion Monastery

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The conical sundial was found in the Kastellion Monastery which was founded on Khirbet el-Merd in 492 by St. Sabbas. The author indicates that at the time of this article's publishing (1929), only two other similar sundials had been discovered in Palestine. The sundial's purpose was to keep track of the liturgical hours for those within the monastery. Cross is 12 cm in height.

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