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Object number
N-69
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Title
Astrolabe: Eastern
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Creator
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Description
Body, rete, uninscribed diopter missing 1 sight, handle and ring. Three original tympans. Two extra, blank tympans. Replacement screws and nut. 48 star markers. Labeled in Arabic.
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Inscription/Sig.
"sana`ahu ada`af al-`ibad `isa wald allahdad asturlabi lahuri hamayuni ta'rikh shahr dhi al-hijjah" [The weakest of the servants (of God), `Isa ibn Allahdad, the astrolabe-maker, of Lahore, the Humayuni, date month Dhu al-hijjah (June 1009)]; "sanah 1009" [year 1009]
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Date
1601 [1009 AH]
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Material
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Place Of Prod.
Pakistan
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Documentation