The only surviving spherical astrolabe was purchased at auction in 1962 by the Oxford Museum of the History of Science. It is signed by its maker, Mūsa (the Arabic equivalent of Moses), who is otherwise unknown—but the particular style of decoration and Arabic calligraphy suggest an origin in the Syro-Egyptian region, perhaps Cairo or Damascus. (source)
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