Panel, Thatta, 1579-1580, Thuluth

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Pakistan_FQ_09
Author: Fatima Quraishi
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip; Vincent Thérouin
Date: 987 H.; 1579 – 1580
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Pakistan, Sindh province, Thatta, Makli Necropolis, Enclosure for unknown figure within funerary complex of Amir Shahum Bayg Arghun
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: 67:1-30, 112:1-6 (some parts missing), narrated by Sulayman b. Surad, Bismilah
Script: Thuluth
Signature: Ustād Ḥusayn & Ḥasan b. Rukn al-Dīn
Signature Role: calligrapher
Remarks (General Identification): Some panels are lost and others are no longer in the correct order.
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone; rectangular - runs as a frieze around the iwan
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 2
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

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

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline; medial short pointed denticles; initial top right serif

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular with elongated vertical shaft; final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head needle point eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin, closed eye; circular head; mīm - needle point eye; soft triangular head tilted left

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: diagonal tail (40°-45°); closed eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: wedge
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form; superscript hamzah (nabrah) for medial/final kāf; ihmāl - v-shaped