Panel, Chanderi, 1488-1489, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_38
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 894 H.; 1488 – 1489
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Dūdwā Maḥalla graveyard
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the foundation of a building (’imārat), gardens and reservoir by Sher Khān
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 4
Technique: incised
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl; plunging open bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail

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

sīn shīn denticles: medial zig-zag denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); 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: circular head