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Panel, Chanderi, 1499, Epigraphic Round Script

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_40
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 904 H.; 1499
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Āliyā Bāolī
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the building of a palace with step well and garden by Malik Lādan, minister of 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): 50 x 50 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 7
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; interwoven
Line of Writing: plunging and ascending
Groups of Characters Baseline: one group of characters underpins the next
Character Spacing: no spacing between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; yā’ rajiah
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and lām
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - top right serif; alif - thick vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: 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 - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - deep plunging bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening horizontal
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

horizontals

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

Other

additional characteristics: Kāf cutting across the verticals; initial ‘ayn and ghayn with large closed curled eyebrow; exaggerated eyebrow of jīm /khā’ /ha

Image ID Entry: India_SS_40a
Description: Panel, Chanderi, 1499, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public