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Metal Detecting Finds in Oman

1 published discovery in the Artefacts category from Oman — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Artefacts from Oman

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Famous findMade about 1496 to 1501, lost in May 1503 · found 2014

The Sodré Astrolabe: divers off Oman raised a plain bronze disc from Vasco da Gama's fleet, and lasers found its hidden scale

Oman · Artefacts

On 8 May 2014 divers excavating a Portuguese wreck off Al Hallaniyah island, Oman, raised a bronze disc bearing the arms of Portugal. Laser scans later revealed the scale of a mariner's astrolabe, made around 1496 to 1501: the earliest verified example in the world.