Tombstone, Kannur, 1469, Kufic

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Entry ID: India_MSC_16
Author: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Date: 874 H.; 1469
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Kerala state, Kannur
Present Location: Sreekandapuram, Kerala
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Funerary text
Nature of the Text: Bismillah; Epitaph
Text Content: هذا القبر عدي بن هاتم رحمه الله عليه بشهر ربيع الاخر باليوم السبت أربعة وسبعين وثمانية مئة برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين
Script: Kūfī/Kufic
Type of Object: cenotaph/tombstone
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): n/a
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 7
Technique: engraved
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left serif; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm short diagonal stroke

wāw descenders: wāw - angular horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - angular horizontal tail
mīm descenders: ascending upstroke to right; ascending upstroke to left; convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl ending in ascending hairline

sīn shīn denticles: triangular denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial left triangular serif; bevelled top

hā' counters: final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular with elongated vertical shaft; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head