LNS 36 M

Brass astrolabe

Brass astrolabe, earliest known Islamic example, signed by Nastulus, dated 315 AH

Inv. no. LNS 36 M
Cast and engraved
Height 22.3 cm; diameter 17.7 cm
Iraq, Baghdad, dated 315 AH / 927–28 AD

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