Details

Subject(s)

• Wooden tablets—Specimens [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Study and teaching [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Qurʼanic boards [Browse]

Medium/​Support

wood rdamat

Summary note

Wooden tablet, of a kind found in Qurʼanic schools in many parts of the world, with text from the Qurʼan on both sides. The date is unknown. Such tablets are typically written by the students themselves, before their teachers review them to make corrections. Traces of an older text are visible indicating re-use.

Notes

• Description: Tapered rectangular wooden panel with a triangular handle on top. Base to top of handle: 314 mm; base of paddle: 168 mm; top of paddle: 183 mm. 5-7 mm thick. Written on both sides.
• Text: Sūrat al-Ḍuḥá (93) on one side and Sūrat al-Sharḥ (94) on the other.

Source of description

Title devised by cataloger.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Maghribī.

OCLC

1456592985

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