Panel
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Description:
Inscribed carved ivory panel, one of four.
Object type: | panel |
Museum number: | 1880,0607.1 |
Culture/period: | Mamluk dynasty |
Date: | 1293-1341 (circa) |
Production place: | Made in: Egypt |
Findspot: | Found/Acquired: Egypt |
Materials: | ivory |
Technique: | carved |
Dimensions: | Length: 15.00 cm (ca) Height: 7.00 cm (ca) |
Inscriptions: | Inscription details: inscription in Arabic in Thuluth script Inscription quoted: Inscription transliteration: Muhammad ibn Qalawun Inscription note: Name |
Location: | 28 |
Associated names: | Named in inscription: an-Nasir Muhammad |
Acquisition names: | Purchased from: Rev William John Loftie |
Acquisition date: | 1880 |
Curator's comments:
The four carved ivory panels (1880,0607.1-4) were either set into a door or an item of furniture. They bear the name of the sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun (r. 1293–1341) in the stately thuluth script typically used at this time. The 14thcentury traveller Ibn Battuta praised al-Malik al- Nasir for his generous character and commented on his devotion to the two holy sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina. The inscription across two panels: 'izz li mawlana al-sultan Muhammad ibn Qalawun' (Glory to our Lord the Sultan Muhammad ibn Qalawun).
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