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Panel, Chanderi, 1485, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_35a

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_35
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 890 H.; 1485
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Qaḍiyoñ-kī-Bāolī
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the foundation of a stepwell and sarai with a garden by Malik Qāḍī son of Mīhrān under Sher Khan of Chanderi and Sultan Ghiyāth 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): 55 x 55 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 12
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; partially interwoven
Line of Writing: ascending
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique; one group of characters underpins the next
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; final bā’/ṭā' /fā’ bowl
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Abusive - ‘alif and dāl; Abusive - ‘alif and lām
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot; inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - inclined to left; alif - non serifed; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); no top arm and superscript kāf; Initial /medial compact form diagonal body; top arm with serif
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short almost horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - crescent bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - deep plunging bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: closed looped tail

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - deep plunging 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 (wajh al-hirr); final simple downward stroke (makhṭufah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

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

Other

additional characteristics: Final and isolated dāl, large with with closed loop

Image ID Entry: India_SS_35a
Description: Panel, Chanderi, 1485, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public