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R. PRICE AND K. MUCKELROY: THEKENNEMERLAND 0.004 m thick, with two pairs of lugs pro-
jecting 0.007 m from the back, directly opposite each other (Fig. 30). The face is marked with numbers running from 1 to 12 twice around it. It has been identified, by Alan Simpson of the National Maritime Museum Department of Navigation, as an hour ring from a small globe about 6 to 9 in (0.01 5 to 0.023 m) in diameter; it clips on to
the top of the annulus of the globe, fitting around the pole, and indicates the time of day in different parts of the world at any one moment; an example of similar dimensions in situ on a globe in the National Maritime Museum collection is illustrated in Fig. 31. These items were not usually fured in posi- tion, and frequently fell off, which explains
why most surviving old globes do not have
Figure 31. Hour ring in situ on a globe in the collection of the National Maritime Museum.
Figure 32. Brass spike.
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