Qibla indicator and horizontal sundial

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Qibla indicator and horizontal sundial with pin gnomon
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Qibla indicator and horizontal sundial with pin gnomon indicating Babylonian hours. Made for 0° latitude

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1986-1387

type:: quibla indicator and horizontal sundial with pin gnomon

credit:: Tesseract

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Qibla indicator and horizontal sundial

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