Tile Tomb Plaques "Lauh I Mazar"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1985
label: Collection Date
content: 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Walton
label: Collector
content: Owen S. Rye
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
notes: label: Notes
content: 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.
label: Notes
content: The plaques were on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024. 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.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Jan 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Multani
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361234
label: USNM Number
content: E417194-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Plaque
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 28.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 6.8 cm