Publication Date
587/1191
Publication Place
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Islamic Museum
Subject
White marble engraved in relief.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 55 سم؛ الطول: 49 سم؛ السمك: 5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
ز/ م/1
Record ID
object;ISL;pa;Mus01;49;ar
Library Location
Islamic Museum
Date
587/1191
Notes
The piece is a rectangular white marble panel containing an epigraphic inscription, and consists of three pieces that were restored in a later period. The text is written in seven lines in prominent Ayyubid thuluth script. It is partially lexicalized and unaccented, and there are no separating spaces between the words of the text. The edges of the marble panel were defined on all sides by carving the marble in a straight, sharp shape known as a zamla. He also used the zumla style to separate the lines within the painting. The text that the painting bears is a memorial text for Sharwa Al-Hakari, who died in Ramla in Palestine, and then his body was transported to the city of Jerusalem to be buried in the old Bab Al-Sahira cemetery. The Al-Hakari family is a Kurdish family that came from Iraq, and a large number of its members participated in the Crusades under the leadership of Saladin Al-Ayyubi. The text of the inscription is as follows: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is the grave of Sharwa bin Daoud bin Ibrahim Al-Hakari, may God have mercy on him, who was martyred in the land of Ramla in the month of Dhul-Qa’dah in the year eighty-seven and five hundred AH. May God have mercy on him and those who have mercy on him, Amen, Lord of the Worlds, Amen.”
Sample Text
Khader Salameh “Hakari Inscription” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;49;ar
