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Tombstone, Ghazni, 1570, Thuluth regional variant
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APA
Martina Massullo, . (n.d.). Tombstone, Ghazni, 1570, Thuluth regional variant (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3825
Chicago
Martina Massullo. n.d. “Tombstone, Ghazni, 1570, Thuluth regional variant.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3825
MLA
Martina Massullo. Tombstone, Ghazni, 1570, Thuluth Regional Variant, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3825
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Afghanistan_MM_05
- Author
- Martina Massullo
- Date
- 978 H. rajab
- 1570 – 1571
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Afghanistan, Ghazni
- Present Location
- unknown
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Funerary text
- Text Content
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كان وفات الشيخ السالك العارف الفاضل العابد الصالح الكامل ﺃفضل اﻷماكن واﻷعيان ﺃشرف اﻷماثل واﻷقران المختص بجوار رحمة الملك
اﻷحد شيخ محمد ﺃبو طالب بن العالم الفاضل الشيخ عبد العلي روضئي في تاريخ يوم الخميس اثني من شهر رجب المرجب سنة ثمانية
وسبعين وتسعماية - Script
- Thuluth regional variant
- Color of the Script
- no trace of color left
- Remarks (General Identification)
- the inscription contains the name of the deceased and date of death.
- Type of Object
- cenotaph/tombstone
- Writing Surface
- stone\type of stone\marble
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- other
- Size (of the object)
- unknown
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- A rectangular epigraphic band on each of the two longitudinal faces. Words are sistematically broken on several superposed levels so as to fill the entire epigraphic surface. In each epigraphic band, the text is to be red from right to left, from the bottom to the upper line.
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Instrument
- chisel
- Remarks (Support)
- An uninscribed arched panel divides the epigraphic band of the east face in two parts.
- Bibliography
- Massullo Martina, Les tombeaux et les épitaphes de Ghazni (Afghanistan) entre le XVe et le XVIIIe siècle, PhD thesis, Aix-Marseille Université and Università degli studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", 3 vols (unpublished), 2017, Cat. no. 3, pp. 249-251, pl. XLIX
- Riḍā, Muḥammad. Riyāḍ al-alwāḥ. Muštamil bar katibahā-yi qubūr va abniya-yi Ġazna. Kabul, 1967. 143 (reading of the epitaph).
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - short curvilinear tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - s-shaped
- rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail
- rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - crescent tail
- deep bowl
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward horizontal stroke
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl
- short bowl
denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial slightly inclined to left
counters
- mīm counters
- circular head
vocalization and diacritics
- ihmāl vocalization and diacritics
- subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa
Other
- additional characteristics
- Vegetal and geometric (star shaped) elements used to balance the negative space between characters