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Panel, Nalcha, 1447-1448, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_28a

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_28
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 852 H.; 1447 – 1448
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar district, Nalcha
Remarks (Place of Production): Originally in the Dargāh Shāh Najmuddīn Qalandar
Present Location: State Archaeological Museum, Dhar Fort
Language: Persian
Type of text: Funerary text
Text Content: Records the death of Najm b. Niẓām and the construction of his tomb at the tank-house of Nalcha by Malik Sambul in the reign of Maḥmūd Shāh
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 10
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; stacked; tight interwoven
Line of Writing: broken
Groups of Characters Baseline: full stacking of characters
Character Spacing: no spacing between characters
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; rā’ tail
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot; inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - top right serif; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: no top arm and superscript kāf; Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

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

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - 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: initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: diagonal tail (40°-45°)
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles

Image ID Entry: India_SS_28a
Description: Panel, Nalcha, 1447-1448, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public