Eastern Africa & Indian Ocean – Items
Coralstone, Vadhoo, undated, Other
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Cite
APA
R. Michael Feener, ., & Multia Zahara, . (n.d.). Coralstone, Vadhoo, undated, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/5560
Chicago
R. Michael Feener, and Multia Zahara. n.d. “Coralstone, Vadhoo, undated, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/5560
MLA
R. Michael Feener, and Multia Zahara. Coralstone, Vadhoo, Undated, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/5560
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Maldives_MF_MZ_17
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Vadhoo, Gaafu Dhaalu (South Huvadhu), Maldives
- Present Location
- Vaadhoo Hukuru Miskiyy, Vadhoo, Gaafu Dhaalu (South Huvadhu) Atoll, Maldives
- Website Link
- https://arches.maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/report/63a1973a-3d0d-4298-857f-d6a891ea152a
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Funerary text
- Nature of the Text
- Reference for Quranic verses
- Remarks (General Identification)
- A pair of carved coralstone slab grave markers (MAHS-MDV-GDH-VDO-S-004-F-0052) from an old cemetery on the island of Vadhoo in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll. Arabic text inscriptions are included on one face of each stone, and the headstone also features a basmallah roundel are framed with ornamental carvings of ulhaali kure’hun, gohh kure’hun and maa kure’hun motifs.
- Type of Object
- cenotaph/tombstone
- Writing Surface
- stone\type of stone\coral stone
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- circular
- Size (of the object)
- 49 x 27 x 5 cm
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 3 lines
- Technique
- engraved
- Instrument
- chisel
- Remarks (Support)
- Coralstone, Gdh. Vadhoo
- Bibliography
- R. Michael Feener (Ed.), The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey Online Archive: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- non-nuanced strokes
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - crescent tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - s-shaped
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward oblique stroke
denticles
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- mīm counters
- circular head
vocalization and diacritics
- shadda vocalization and diacritics
- short denticles
Other
- additional characteristics
- lām-alif two parallel vertical shafts with bottom rounded eye