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Astrolabe, by Khalil Muhammad ibn Hasan `Ali, Persian, c. 1700

Inventory Number 42649

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42649

Subject
Astrolabes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans. Purchased by Lewis Evans from Major Ross in 1925-6.
Primary inscriptions
"Made by the poor, the contemptible to Allah the Glorious, Khalil Muhammad ibn Hasan `Ali", within the shadow-square.
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Astrolabe
Dimensions
Diameter: 91mm
Inventory No
42649
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Mater; rete; 5 plates; alidade; horse; red ilaqa. To the ilaqa are threaded 33 green beads. The kursi is engraved with verses from the Koran. The rim is decorated.

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