Eastern Africa & Indian Ocean – Items
Coralstone, Male'gan, undated, Other
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Cite
APA
R. Michael Feener, ., & Multia Zahara, . (n.d.). Coralstone, Male’gan, undated, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/5562
Chicago
R. Michael Feener, and Multia Zahara. n.d. “Coralstone, Male’gan, undated, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/5562
MLA
R. Michael Feener, and Multia Zahara. Coralstone, Male’gan, Undated, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/5562
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Maldives_MF_MZ_19
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Male'gan, Gnyaviyani (Fua-Mulah), Maldives
- Present Location
- Preserved in the Hukuru Miskiyy, Male'gan, Gnyaviyani (Fua-Mulah), Maldives
- Website Link
- https://arches.maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/report/59169a9f-af90-434f-8714-3528623c7f72
- 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-GNI-MLG-S-001-F-0025) from the Male’gan cemetery on Fuvamulah. There are Arabic inscriptions on one side each of both the headstone and footstones. The inscriptions on both stones are framed with bands of dentilation and floral motif ornamentation. The footstone inscription is incomplete, as the top section of the stone has broken off and is now lost.
- Type of Object
- cenotaph/tombstone
- Writing Surface
- stone\type of stone\coral stone
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Size (of the object)
- 110 x 54 x 8 cm
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 22 lines
- Technique
- engraved
- Instrument
- chisel
- Remarks (Support)
- Coralstone, Male’gan
- 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
- ogival
- Internal Structure
- linear
- Line of Writing
- horizontal
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- horizontal
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- frequent
- Elongated Letters
- nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
- Shading / Contrast
- non-nuanced strokes
Letter Morphology
- Point
- round dot
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - long curvilinear tail ending in hairline
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail ending in hairline
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- semicircular backward tail
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- short bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- rounded base denticles
counters
- hā' counters
- isolated double-eyed round (mu'arrāh)
- initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
- final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular
- isolated one-eyed loop with downward curving stems
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- wide inverted triangle
- mīm counters
- circular head