The Elephant Clock (folio)
ساعة الفيل (ورقة مصورة)
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices b; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 57.51.23.
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Overview
A page from al-Jazari's book on ingenious devices dated 715 AH / 1315 CE, showing the water clock of the elephant, probably Syria or Iraq; the most famous Islamic hydraulic machine. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1
People and things also explored
Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal
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- Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “The Elephant Clock (folio)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/saat-fil-met/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.