Publication Date
547 / 1152
Publication Place
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National Archaeological Museum
Subject
marble role
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 99 سم؛ العرض: 41 سم؛ السماكة: 4.3 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
50438
Record ID
object;ISL;es;Mus01;44;ar
Library Location
National Archaeological Museum
Date
547 / 1152
Notes
A funerary stele made in the Almería style, with a crossed and broken arch, a bas-relief and a Kufic inscription in relief, with extensive wear. It is possible that the shape of this stele is a suggestion of the mihrab of mosques, the sacred place designated for prayer. The paintings that usually accompany the mihrab have been replaced by inscriptions that fill the surface. We can find, like earlier forms, some mosque doors crowned with arches and supported by side columns. It may be an evocation of the sacred space to which it leads. The two carved names can refer to one or two characters; This is the text of the first inscription: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon Muhammad: O people, God’s promise is true, so do not be deceived by the life of this world, and let not deceit deceive you about God. This is the grave of Abraham Ibn Jalil, may God have mercy on him and preserve him with his presence because the Most High, the Almighty, protected him thanks to Islam and the testimony that there is no god but God.” The text on the Alfiz continues with the following: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and his family. This is the grave of the vizier Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Jalil; may God have mercy on him, he died on Friday the sixteenth of Jumada al-Awwal of the year five hundred and forty-seven.”
Sample Text
Ángela Franco “Funeral Stele” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;es;Mus01;44;ar
