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: Rectangular wooden paddle with handle on top. Written on both sides. Cracked along side of handle and again along one edge; mildewed. Base to top of handle: 420 mm; width of paddle 210 mm. 12 mm thick.
• Text: concave side: repetition of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (Sūrah 1); convex side: Sūrat al-Takwīr verses 1-9 (Sūrah 81:1-9).

Source of description

Title devised by cataloger.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Maghribī

OCLC

1340461775

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