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Credit: Photographed by User:Bullenwächter / Andreas Franzkowiak, Halstenbek

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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Comments: Two Roman Compass_Cambodunum, Kempten, Bavaria, Germany. Dated to ca. 1st to 3rd century AD.

 

Credit: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden)

License: CC BY 3.0 NL

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Comments: Iron compass, four parts. Roman period.

 

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250567

License: CC0 1.0

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Comments: Compass or divider, fragment; Bronzes.

 

From ISBE: "Compasses" is the Revised Version (British and American) for "compass," mechughah, an instrument for describing a circle: "He marketh it out with the compasses" (Isaiah 44:13) in making an idol.

Verses:

  • Isaiah 44:13
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​c/compass.html. 2024.
 
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