Panel, Chanderi, 1424-1425, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_22
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 828 H.; 1424 – 1425
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Niẓāmuddīn Tomb Complex
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the construction of the tomb of Shāh Burhān al-Dīn (d. 823/1420) by Malik Sālār, minister of Hūshang Shāh, under the supervision of Jamāl b. ‘Ūlā with verses composed by Shams b. Farīd. Also mentions Saif al-Dīn b. Shajāwal as the shrine custodian
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 88 x 16 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 21
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

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

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

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

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); 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