Mihrab, Dhar, c. 1316, Epigraphic Round Script

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Entry ID: India_SS_04
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 1316
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar
Present Location: Kamal Maula Masjid, mihrab
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: Quran 2:255
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\mihrab
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): band
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: ARIE Annual Report On Indian Epigraphy for 1963-1964. G. S. Gai. Government of India Press., 1967. no. D99.

See the lexicon

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: medial, initial vertical shaft; top arm short diagonal stroke; final vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

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

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); final one-eyed (mardufah) diamond shaped
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

additional characteristics: lam-alif with alif inclined sharply towards the right