Lacquered wooden panel, Malé, undated,

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maldives_MF_MZ_24
Author: R. Michael Feener; Multia Zahara
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Malé, Kaafu, Maldives
Present Location: Reethigas Hingun, Malé, Maldives
Website Link: https://arches.maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/report/64f8e5a7-f850-42d2-8646-64e08cdd976a
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Other
Nature of the Text: Other
Color of the Script: brown; white
Remarks (General Identification): Inscription panel above a door in the main prayer hall of the Hukuru Miskiyy Great Friday Mosque of Malé (MAHS-MDV-KFA-MLE-S-002-F-0001). It presents four lines of Arabic text carved in relief with the dark wooden surface contrasted by a lightened background.
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: wood
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 45 x 116 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 5 lines
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Ink: black ink (composition unknown); white ink
Remarks (Support): Wooden panel, Malé, undated,
Bibliography: R. Michael Feener (Ed.), The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey Online Archive: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp and https://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_2005_num_70_1_3971

See the lexicon

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles; elongated no denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial/medial slightly inclined to left

hā' counters: initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah); isolated one-eyed loop with downward curving stems
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: soft triangular head tilted left

additional characteristics: Pronounced horizontality and thick ductus in all bowls and tails, with ascending terminals