Panel, Dhar, 1392-1393, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_15
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 795 H.; 1392 – 1393
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar
Remarks (Place of Production): Once affixed in the Kamāl Maulā Masjid, discovered in the adjacent Dargāh complex
Present Location: Present whereabouts unknown
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the restoration of the mosques of Dhār fallen into disrepair by Dilāwar Khān
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 53 x 39 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 4
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward partial tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - deep plunging bowl

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); medial bottom open loop and top closed loop; final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head

additional characteristics: Undulating rhythm; Plunging bowls, hooked tails, hooked arms; bowl-shaped dāl, leaning forward, angular bowl