Author
Khloud Abd el-Kader Ahmed Mohammed
Subject
Inscriptions
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2536-9822, EISSN: 2536-9830, DOI: 10.21608/JGUAA.2024.243269.1313
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_989bb457c9354cdda9c397ab6968fd43
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
Summary: The Ottomans paid great attention to making tombstones, their composition, and their decoration. Therefore, we find a diversity in their designs and shapes according to the personality of the deceased for whom these tombstones and compositions were made. We find a variety in the decorations of the tombstones and the shapes of the tops of the tombstones to distinguish between the graves of men and women on the one hand, and on the other hand to distinguish between the jobs of the deceased people and their social classes. This research presents a unique Ottoman tombstone, which is a composite tombstone for a woman who died after giving birth to her son, and in the lower part of this tombstone appears a small tombstone for her child, which is prominent. It clearly stands out from the mother’s witness, and the maker of this witness was keen to highlight the details of the child’s witness to confirm that this child is a boy and not a girl. By carving the shape of a turban above the neck of the child’s witness, opinions differed as to whether the child died in his mother’s womb and was not born; Therefore, a separate witness was not made for the child, or did he die immediately after birth, and the mother’s witness included the woman’s name, the cause of her death, and her husband’s name, job, and place of work, while the child’s witness included the child’s name and reading Al-Fatihah to him. Abstract: The Ottomans paid great attention to making tombstones and cenotaphs; They decorated them, so we find diversity in their designs and shapes according to the personality of the deceased for whom these tombstones and cenotaphs were made. There is diversity in the decorations of the tombstones and the shapes of the tops of the tombstones to distinguish between the graves of men and women on one hand, and the occupations of deceased persons and their social classes on the other hand. This research displays a unique Ottoman tombstone, which is a composite tombstone for a woman who died after giving birth to her son. In the lower part of this tombstone, there is another small tombstone for her child, which is clearly distinct from the mother’s tombstone. The maker of this tombstone was keen to highlight the details of the child's tombstone to confirm that this child was a boy and not a girl, by carving the shape of a turban on top of the neck of the child's tombstone. Opinions differed as to whether the child died in his mother’s womb or was not born, so the tombstone was not made. Separated for the child, or he died immediately after birth. The mother’s tombstone included the woman’s name, the cause of her death, and her husband’s name, job, and place of work, while the child’s tombstone included the child’s name and the reading of Al-Fatihah to him.
Görüntüle
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2024-06, Vol.25 (2), p.179-200
