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Relief plate

"Marble slab, frulgiate on both sides, on 1 side 2 rows of Arabic script; on one long side letters of an Indian alphabet (name of the stonemason ?) No native is allowed to enter the site of the mauseleum with shoes." Shape: The Arabic script strips (on the upper and lower edges) frame a row of tulip-like images in the centre Colour: White State of preservation: Few abrasions.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Relief plate
Dimensions
Height: 38,5 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 82,5 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Material/Technique
Marble
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 9684

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1305 - 1345
    where
    Tanzania
  • Collecting
    who
    Bernhard Perrot (1874 - 1907) - Collectors
  • Finding
    where
    Kilwa Kisiwani
    "Mausoleum at the sultan's cemetery"
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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