Publication Date
515/ 1122
Publication Place
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Regional Museum Agostino Piepoli
Subject
Marble, carved in relief.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 31 سم؛ القطر: 13سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
6461
Record ID
object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;37;ar
Library Location
Regional Museum Agostino Piepoli
Date
515/ 1122
Notes
A marble tombstone, cylindrical in shape, with some damage to its unadorned lower section. The upper section has simple decoration. The cylindrical surface is divided into 10 lines inscribed in Kufic script, and dates back to the 6th/12th century. Its written text is as follows: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, may God’s blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad and all his family. This is the grave of Omar bin Abi Bakr Al-Shairi, who died on Monday, the eighth of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, in the year five hundred, and the rest of the complete Hijri year identification does not exist. He saw the master. Amari, the translator from Arabic to Italian, stated that the date is the year 615 / 1219, and the compiler of the chronological index of the Arabic witnesses believed that the date is the year 1515 / 1122 because the Kufic script is appropriate for this time.
Sample Text
Paolo Barresi “Marble tombstone, cylindrical, with Arabic inscriptions in Kufic script” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;it;Mus01_B;37;ar
