Astrolabe, Turkish, 1678

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Inventory Number:

43559

Object Type:

Object

Place Created:

Turkey Asia

Subject Classification(s):

Astrolabes

Accession Number:

1924-0/part

Brief Description:

A small Ottoman astrolabe dated 1089 A.H (1678/9 CE) with plates inscribed for the cities of Diyarbakır, Erzerum, Edirne, Mosul, Trebizond, the Kaba in Mecca, and, probably, Istanbul. Its simple and clear design suggests this instrument was a working tool used in the Kurdish region of present-day eastern Turkey and northen Iraq.

Primary Inscriptions:

سنة ١٠٨٩ "In the year 1089". Engraved on the kursi.

Provenance:

Presented by Lewis Evans. Purchased by Evans from Vitali Francis Frères, Algeria, in February 1911.

Collection Group:

Lewis Evans Collection

Material(s):

Brass

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