Decoration of Ancient Sundials

The data relate to the repository of the Berlin Ancient Sundials Project<br> (http://repository.edition-topoi.org/collection/BSDP). The data combine the type of decoration with a<br> corresponding position on the surface of the sundial's corpus, as well as to<br> make the results searchable and computationally accessible. Due to the different<br> shapes of the sundials - or "corpus types" - the classification was simplified<br> ten categories to fit the maximum number of sundials. These are frontUp,<br> frontLow, front, sides, back, base, intersection, limbus, legs; an additional<br> section gives details on specific parts of the body, coloration, or finding<br> context. Only clearly visible decorative elements are recorded. A record<br> without an entry for an object is not necessarily plain/undecorated but could<br> have been unable to be assessed due to other reasons, e.g., the lack of image<br> resources.