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Brass astrolabe, made by cAbd al-Karim al-Misri. Egypt, Cairo, 1296 (AH 633), Ayyubid dynasty. The openwork grid (or rete) is marked with star-pointers in the shape of people, plants and animals, including various birds, fish, a scorpion and a man. Many of these pointers refer to the names of individual stars. AC 1855,0709.1.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART331495
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2517px × 3600px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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13th century CE
Astrolabe
Ayyubid dynasty (12th-13th CE)
Bird
Brass
Cairo, Egypt
Fish
Islamic Art
Man
Scorpion