Anatolia, Balkans & Crimea – Items
Tombstone, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Thuluth
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Cite
APA
Nicole Kançal-Ferrari, . (n.d.). Tombstone, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4190
Chicago
Nicole Kançal-Ferrari. n.d. “Tombstone, Qirim, 14th- early 15th century, Thuluth.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4190
MLA
Nicole Kançal-Ferrari. Tombstone, Qirim, 14th- Early 15th Century, Thuluth, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4190
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Crimea_NKF_11
- Author
- Nicole Kançal-Ferrari
- Date
- 1301 – 1425
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Crimea, Qirim (Solkhat), probably surroundings of the Özbeg Khan Mosque
- Remarks (Place of Production)
- coordinates correspond to the archaeological site of discovery
- Present Location
- Feodosia Museum of Antiquities 45°03′16″ N 35°38′31″ E
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Funerary text
- Nature of the Text
- Hadith
- Epitaph
- Script
- Thuluth regional variant
- Type of Object
- cenotaph/tombstone
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- band
- Size (of the object)
- horizontal band on top: 110 cm, vertical band: 40 cm
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- band and vertical text
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Instrument
- chisel
- Bibliography
- Karahan, Abdülkadir. İslam-Türk edebiyatında kırk hadis: toplama, tercüme ve şerhleri. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, 1991.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Elongated Letters
- yā’ rajiah
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
- Alif Ascenders
- alif - top right serif
- Kāf Ascenders
- initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah)
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
- mīm descenders
- mīm - s-shape
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- wide deep bowl
denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial top right serif
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- soft triangular head
- mīm counters
- circular head