Tile Tomb Plaques "Lauh I Mazar"

Object Details

Collector

Dr. Donald M. Godden

Charles F. Walton

Owen S. Rye

Donor Name

Dr. Donald M. Godden

BLUE AND WHITE, TOPS ARCHED, WHITE SILICEOUS SLIPRECESSED CENTRAL PANELS WITH CALLIGRAPHY IN BLUE BRUSHWORK, BORDERS WITH FLORAL DESIGNS IN BLUE AND TURQUOISE, CLEAR ALKALINE GLAZE. A & B. A MADE IN 1971, NOT FIELD CATALOGUED BUT ASSIGNED COLLECTOR'S NUMBER AND DESCRIBED. B WITHOUT ANY IDENTIFICATION.

The plaques were on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2021. Exhibit label identifies: Pair of tomb plaques (head and foot), Pakistani, Pakistan, 1971; Clay, siliceous slip, paint. Pakistani master potters made tiles like these for the tombs of Muslim saints to identify and celebrate them. The writing on these sample tiles from Khuda Baksh’s workshop praise Saint Meeyan Ahmeed-deen in Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu.

Record Last Modified

5 Aug 2018

Specimen Count

2

Culture

Multani

Accession Date

20 Sep 1985

Collection Date

1971

Accession Number

361234

USNM Number

E417194-0

Object Type

Plaque

Height - Object

28.2 cm

Width - Object

26 cm

Depth - Object

6.8 cm

Place

Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8448798

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1608501-a1ae-4bcc-adb7-b929e524d6b7