Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date early 18th century
Maker ‘Abd al-A’imma
Place Iṣfahān
Material Brass
Inventory no. 40833
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957
There are 6 plates with latitudes ranging from 29°0' to 40°0' .

Latitude 32°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض لب For latitude 32° Latitude
ساعسته يج ز Hours 14h07m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 30°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
العرض ل Latitude 30° Latitude
الساعات يج نو Hours 13h56m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 36°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض لو For latitude 36° Latitude
ساعاته يد لح Hours 14h28m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 38°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض لح For latitude 38° Latitude
ساعاته يد لط Hours 14h39m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 34°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض لد For latitude 34° Latitude
ساعاته يد يو Hours 14h16m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 37°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض لز For latitude 37° Latitude
ساعاته يد لح Hours 14h38m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 40°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض م For latitude 40° Latitude
ساعاته يد نا Hours 14h51m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 33°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض لج For latitude 33° Latitude
ساعاته يد يب Hours 14h12m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude N/A

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This tympan bears a table of horizons. This plate contains 1 scales of the following type(s): Table of Horizons More information

Latitude 29°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
لعرض كط For latitude 29° Latitude
ساعسته يج نب Hours 13h52m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude N/A

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This side of the plate bears an astrological gazetteer. Where normally the gazetteer contains the longitude and latitude of a city, here both the ruling sign and planet is given for each city. In this transcription of the gazetteer, the columns for longitude and latitude reflect this astrological information. This tympan itself is made from a different brass, and some of the information is engraved in a different hand. The plate contains a gazeteer with the following cities:
City (on instrument) Translation Longitude Latitude Inhiraf Jihat
اصفهان Isfahan Saggitarius
امل Amol Aries Sun
سا ميرى Samira Aries Venus
طوس Ṭus Aries Sun
غزنين Ghazna Aries Saturn
بايل Aries Venus
كابل Kabul Aries Venus
سبزوار Sabzawar Taurus Venus
هرات Heart Taurus Venus
همدان Hamadan Taurus Venus
بغداد Baghdad Taurus Mercury
مدينه Medina Gemini Mercury
قزوين Qazvin Gemini Mars
سلطانيه Sultaniyya Gemini Mars
قم Qom Gemini Jupiter / Saturn
مرو Marw Cancer Saturn
نيشابور Nishapur Cancer Jupiter
بيت المقدس Bait al-Maqdis Cancer Jupiter
خوى Khuwai Cancer Jupiter
مراغه Maragheh Leo Mercury
ششتر Shushtar Leo Mars
مداين Madayin Leo Sun
بصره Basr Capricorn Venus
مشهد Meshhad Virgo Mercury
شيراز Shiraz Virgo Venus
يزد Yazd Virgo Mercury
كاشان Kashan Virgo Venus
دمشق Dimashq Virgo Venus
كوفه Kufa Virgo Jupiter
???? ???? Virgo Mercury
موصل Mosul Virgo Venus
???? ???? Virgo Moon
بلخ Balkh Libra Mercury
كرمان Kerman Libra Sun
شماخى Shamakhi Libra Sun
بادكوبه Badkuba Libra Sun
ابرقوه Abarquh Libra Sun
سمرقند Samarqand Libra Sun
نخجاوا Nakhijewan ?? Libra Mars
جرجان Jurjan Libra Mercury
مكه Mecca Libra Saturn
طالقان Taliqan Libra Venus / Mars
نهاوند Nahawand ?? Scorpio Mars
حجار Hajar Scorpio Venus
تبريز Tabriz Scorpio Mars
فايربان ???? Scorpio Mars
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Latitude N/A

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This side of the tympan contains two scales. Unusual is the one that is used to determine the moon's location. This plate contains 2 scales of the following type(s): Sine/Cosine Lunar position More information
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