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Tombstone, Thatta, mid-15th century, Other

Pakistan_FQ_12a
Pakistan_FQ_12b
Pakistan_FQ_12c

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Item descriptor

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Pakistan_FQ_12
Author: Fatima Quraishi
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip; Vincent Thérouin
Date: 1426 – 1475
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Pakistan, Sindh province, Thatta, Makli necropolis, anonymous cenotaph
Language: Arabic; Persian
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: 39:53 (partial); 3:26-27; 2:255
Script: Other
Type of Object: cenotaph/tombstone
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: stacked; 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: rare
Elongated Letters: kāf body
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

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

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long curvilinear tail; wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - short curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - plunging bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; closing upward; opening horizontal

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left; final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular with elongated vertical shaft; final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; rounded head
closed eye; rounded head needle point eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: triangular head, closed eye; triangular head; mīm - needle point eye

vocalization and diacritics

hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_12a
Description: Tombstone, Thatta, late 15th century, Biḥārī ; Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_12b
Description: Tombstone, Thatta, late 15th century, Biḥārī ; Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_12c
Description: Tombstone, Thatta, late 15th century, Biḥārī ; Thuluth
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
Copyrights Holder: Fatima Quraishi
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public