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Lintel, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Muḥaqqaq

Crimea_NKF_10a
Crimea_NKF_10b
Crimea_NKF_10c

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Crimea_NKF_10
Author: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
Contributor(s): Vincent Thérouin; Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1301 – 1425
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Crimea, Qirim (Solkhat), surroundings of the Özbeg Khan Mosque
Remarks (Place of Production): coordinates correspond to the archaeological site of discovery
Present Location: surroundings of the Özbeg Khan Mosque, Qirim (also known as Solkhat) (Crimea)
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Text Content: Part of Surah Al-Isra (17:78)
Script: Muḥaqqaq regional variant
Type of Object: architectural element\lintel
Shape (Epigraphy): band
Size (of the object): ca. 60 x 40 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1 line
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Aqçoqraqlı, Osman. “Старо-Крымские и Отузские Надписи XIII–XV Вв (Staro-Krymskie i Otuzskie Nadpisi XIII–XV Vv).” Izvestiia Tavricheskogo Obshchestva Istorii, Arkheologii i Etnografii 1, no. 58 (1927): 5–17.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: stacked; partially interwoven
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: medial ligatures
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - top right serif; alif - elongated vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - elongated vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: no top arm and superscript kāf
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke

horizontals

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

vocalization and diacritics

shadda vocalization and diacritics: wide denticles

Image ID Entry: Crimea_NKF_10a
Description: Lintel, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
Copyrights Holder: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Crimea_NKF_10b
Description: Lintel, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
Copyrights Holder: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Crimea_NKF_10c
Description: Lintel, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
Copyrights Holder: Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public