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This astrolabe is in poor condition, it has the counter-weight at the bottom (National Maritime Museum type la (Stimson, 1988)) and is much smaller and considerably thicker than the others. It is very similar in size and shape to a number of astrolabes of Iberian provenance as suggested by Stimson (1988).
BAT 3635
This is a fragment of the a1idade from an astrolabe, possibly, because of its small size, derivingfrom BAT3400.
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