Panel, Ujjain, 1424-1425, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_23
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 828 H.; 1424 – 1425
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ujjain
Present Location: Dargāh Ḥājī Ṣāliḥ, western wall of the tomb, on the road to Kalyadeh
Language: Persian
Type of text: Funerary text
Text Content: Records the death of Ḥājī Ṣāliḥ, a man of great virtue and fame; composed by Qani‘
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 14
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear
Line of Writing: descending
Groups of Characters Baseline: hanging
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: kāf bowl; sād/ḍād, ṭa/ẓa body
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

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); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head

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