Analemma

The Analemma is a named area within the ancient temple complex at Orithena. It is cited as the place where physiologer-priests (scholar-priests of nature) celebrated Provener (midday clock-winding rite). In surviving descriptions of the ruins, the Analemma is mentioned alongside other principal spaces such as the Temple steps and the Decagon, the tiled plaza used for the Teglon.

Context and identification

At Orithena, the Analemma is identified among the key ceremonial features of the buried temple complex, together with the steps associated with Diax and the Decagon. It is part of the same ensemble remembered for rigorous theorics and public rites within the Halls of Orithena.

Role and associations

• Function: Named as the locus where generations of physiologer-priests observed Provener.
• Nearby features: The Analemma is mentioned in proximity to the Temple steps and to the Decagon, the latter being the ground on which the Teglon is laid out. Traditions connected to the Decagon also recall Metekoranes, an ancient theor of Orithena.

Description

No detailed physical description of the Analemma is provided in current accounts. Its significance is ritual and positional within the temple complex, rather than in any elaborated architectural form given here.

Current status

The Analemma survives as part of the excavated ruins inside Orithena’s inner wall, accessible within the controlled dig at the temple complex. It remains contextually linked to other identified structures and plazas at the site.

Notes

• The term “Analemma” here denotes a specific named location at Orithena; the text does not specify its exact construction or instrumentation.
• Provener’s association with an oculus rite at Orithena provides the time-of-day context for observances at the Analemma, but further details are not stated here.