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Description: | The small, plain tri-lobed throne bears a Koranic verse (see AST0545). The mater contains a gazetteer with 24 localities and the rete is of poor design. There are seven plates with badly engraved markings for various latitudes between 21� and 40�, three being unlabelled. On the back of the instrument is a sine quadrant and a double shadow square. A Persian inscription along the rim, referring to the legend of Jamshid, forms a chronogram and also gives the date as AH 1228 (1813 AD).
Negative numbers 6420, 8695, B4669B, B4670, B4691
caption: Astrolabe: mounted obverse
caption: Astrolabe: lateral shot of rim
caption: Astrolabe: dismounted obverse
caption: Astrolabe: dismounted reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Throne Gazetteer astrolabes Plate Shadow square Rete Mater Sine quadrant | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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