File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art sci 0430 back.jpg

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Planispheric Astrolabe  wikidata:Q107663932 reasonator:Q107663932
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Planispheric Astrolabe
label QS:Len,"Planispheric Astrolabe"
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Object type astrolabe Edit this at Wikidata
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The astrolabe, an invention of Hellenistic Alexandria, was the principal Islamic instrument for telling the time, surveying and determining latitude. By the later 9th century it was used througho ... See full description on web site.
Date 9th century AD
Medium brass, cast, with fretwork rete and surface engraving
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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SCI 430 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation North Africa
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage-planispheric-astrolabe-sci430/ (English) Edit this at Wikidata

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Description Planispheric Astrolabe
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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