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Panel, Dhar, 1404-1405, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_17a
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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_17
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 807 H.; 1404 – 1405
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar
Present Location: Lāṭ-kī-Masjid, over the door in the east entrance porch
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the foundation of a Jāmi' Masjid in the city of Dhār by Dilāwar Khān Ghūrī
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 136 x 56 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 22
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; stacked; interwoven
Line of Writing: plunging and ascending
Groups of Characters Baseline: one group of characters underpins the next
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: lām bowl; tā bowl
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and lām; Abusive - dāl and hā’
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square; round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - non serifed; alif - top right serif; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - top right serif; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: Initial /medial compact form diagonal body; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft inclined to left

Descenders

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

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular head; closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: elongated stroke
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°)
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle

Other

additional characteristics: Undulating rhythm; Plunging bowls, hooked tails, hooked arms; bowl-shaped dāl, leaning forward, angular bowl, hooked foot; Nūn bowl-shaped, raised across vertical shafts

Image ID Entry: India_SS_17a
Description: Panel, Dhar, 1404-1405, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_17b
Description: Panel, Dhar, 1404-1405, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public