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Panel, Chanderi, 1467-1468, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_33a

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_33
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 872 H.; 1467 – 1468
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Remarks (Place of Production): Originally at the Ḥauḍ-i Khāṣṣ
Present Location: State Archaeological Museum, Bhopal
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the building of a tank by Shaikhā, son of Yūsuf, in the reign of Mahmūd Shāh
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 81 x 58 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 6
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear
Line of Writing: plunging and ascending
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: kāf bowl; lām bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; sīn/shin denticles
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - non serifed; alif - thick vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top flat arm; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep semicircular bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - deep plunging bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; closing upward
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: medial zig-zag 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 top and bottom (mulawwazah); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
mīm counters: rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: thick stroke; horizontal stroke
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: horizontal tail; closed eye

Image ID Entry: India_SS_33a
Description: Panel, Chanderi, 1467-1468, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public