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Panel, Thatta, late 15th- early 16th century, Thuluth

Pakistan_FQ_06a
Pakistan_FQ_06b
Pakistan_FQ_06c
Pakistan_FQ_06d

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Item descriptor

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Pakistan_FQ_06
Author: Fatima Quraishi
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip; Vincent Thérouin
Date: 1476 – 1525
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Pakistan, Sindh province, Thatta, Makli Necropolis, Funerary enclosure of Mubarak Khan
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Nature of the Text: Other
Script: Thuluth
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): varying
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: piled; large presence of negative space; partially interwoven
Groups of Characters Baseline: Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: kāf bowl; yā’ rajiah; sīn/shin denticles
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top right serif; alif - elongated vertical shaft; final alif with top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - elongated vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: isolated Kāf; Kaf - two elongated parallel strokes; top arm curvilinear stroke; Initial /medial compact form diagonal body; no top arm and superscript kāf; initial/medial compact form; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail; wāw - rounded tail; wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - long flattened oblique tail
mīm descenders: mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl; elongated curvilinear deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: closed looped tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles; elongated no denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial top right serif; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyes (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft and backward stroke
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: soft triangular head tilted left; rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles touching upper vowel
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_06a
Description: Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_06b
Description: Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_06c
Description: Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_06d
Description: Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public