3. ASTROLABE, NOT SIGNED, NOT DATED

           This is also a medium sized well-crafted astrolabe, most likely produced in the seventeenth century in the workshop of the Lahore family. It has a diameter of 204 mm and thickness of 13 mm. The kursi is solid and not very high. There are eight plates serving the latitude 21⁰ - 24⁰,  26⁰ - 27⁰,  29⁰ - 32⁰,  34⁰ - 36⁰, 28⁰ – double projection, 30⁰, double projection; two special projections; ecliptic coordinates – horizons. There is a geographical gazetteer of 82 towns. The ‘Ankabut has 45 stars, which are joined by a floral tracery.