Publication Date
7th / 13th century
Publication Place
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Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Subject
Carved wood.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 85 سم؛ العرض: 19 سم؛ العمق: 19 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
145–146
Record ID
object;ISL;tr;Mus01;6;ar
Library Location
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Date
7th / 13th century
Notes
Two wooden columns, each of which takes the shape of a square prismatic, two of its sides decorated with deep engraving. The two inscribed sides of each column are divided into a series of rectangular panels containing inscribed text in Kovimurq script. The text is in sixteen lines, each side containing eight lines. The column bearing the storage number 145 carries a Qur’anic text consisting of verses 96-98 of Surat Maryam (No. 19). Verses begin on the first side of the column and are read downward, then completed on the other side. The column with storage number 146 contains a Qur’anic text, namely verse 285 of Surat Al-Baqarah (No. 2). Unlike the first column, after the lines on both sides end, they resume starting from the second panel on the first side, and so on down to the lower panels. Although we do not know from which building these two columns came or for what purpose they were used, the Qur’anic verses found inscribed on them make it possible to assume that these two columns were architectural elements of a religious building.
Sample Text
Gönül Tekeli “Two Wooden Columns” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;6;ar
