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Tombstone, Thatta, mid-late 15th century, Biḥārī
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Fatima Quraishi, . (n.d.). Tombstone, Thatta, mid-late 15th century, Biḥārī. In . Fatima Quraishi, Tombstone, Thatta, mid-late 15th century, Biḥārī (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3878
Chicago
Fatima Quraishi. n.d. “Tombstone, Thatta, mid-late 15th century, Biḥārī”. Tombstone, Thatta, mid-late 15th century, Biḥārī, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3878
MLA
Fatima Quraishi. “Tombstone, Thatta, Mid-Late 15th Century, Biḥārī”. Tombstone, Thatta, Mid-Late 15th Century, Biḥārī, by Fatima Quraishi, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3878
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.1
- Entry ID
- Pakistan_FQ_03
- Author
- Fatima Quraishi
- Date
- 1451 – 1500
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Pakistan, Sindh province, Thatta, Makli Necropolis, Chattri of Jam Tamachi (so-called)
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Quran
- Nature of the Text
- Reference for Quranic verses
- Text Content
- 2:255, Bismilah
- Script
- Biḥārī
- Type of Object
- cenotaph/tombstone
- Writing Surface
- stone\type of stone\sandstone
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 3 & 4 (depending on side)
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Instrument
- chisel
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Tombstone, Thatta, mid-late 15th century, Biḥārī
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Internal Structure
- linear
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- rare
- Elongated Letters
- transition between sīn and mīm
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Ascenders
- Alif Ascenders
- alif - non serifed
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
- mīm descenders
- mīm - long flattened, tapered tail
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- elongated curvilinear deep bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- short pointed denticles
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- triangular pointed head
Other
- additional characteristics
- lam-alif with alif inclined sharply towards the right