Arabic Script on the Ewer

ALEX · 29th November 2019, 01:21 PM

Kwiatek,
Many thanks once again for translation. Its interesting to see one inscription looks older, most likely indicating several different owners during its lifetime. Below is another example from another ewer's handle. It shows 2 inscriptions with different dates. Can you read them?

Ibrahiim,
Thanks for the reference. These ewers are distinctively Central Asian with typical design and elements. Still, each with some differences and unique character.. just like arms)

kwiatek · 29th November 2019, 11:14 PM

This one‘s from Kashgar. I would read it as one long inscription

صاحبه قربان اخوند ابن محمد امین (؟) کاشقری سنه ۱۲۹۸

“Its owner Qurban Akhund ibn Muhammad Amin(?) Kashghari, year 1298 (1881-2).”

I’m not sure if the name “Amin” is correct.

There is another number at the end that’s looks like ۱۷۸۷ (1787). I don’t know what that refers to though it could just conceivably be ۱۲۸۷ (1287) in which case it could be read as 2 inscriptions

1.

صاحبه قربان اخوند سنه ۱۲۹۸

“Its owner Qurban Akhund, year 1298 (1881-2)”

2.

ابن محمد امین (؟) کاشقری ۱۲۸۷

“Ibn Muhammad Amin (?) Kashghari 1287 (1870-1)”

Just to confuse you, another possibility is that Muhammad Amin wrote the inscription on the left in 1287 and then eleven years later in 1298 his son Qurban Akhund wrote the second inscription on the right, adding the word “ibn (son of)” in between.

In any case, good night!

29th November 2019, 01:21 PM	#1
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Kwiatek, Many thanks once again for translation. Its interesting to see one inscription looks older, most likely indicating several different owners during its lifetime. Below is another example from another ewer's handle. It shows 2 inscriptions with different dates. Can you read them? Ibrahiim, Thanks for the reference. These ewers are distinctively Central Asian with typical design and elements. Still, each with some differences and unique character.. just like arms) Attached Images

29th November 2019, 11:14 PM	#2
kwiatek Member Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 153	This one‘s from Kashgar. I would read it as one long inscription صاحبه قربان اخوند ابن محمد امین (؟) کاشقری سنه ۱۲۹۸ “Its owner Qurban Akhund ibn Muhammad Amin(?) Kashghari, year 1298 (1881-2).” I’m not sure if the name “Amin” is correct. There is another number at the end that’s looks like ۱۷۸۷ (1787). I don’t know what that refers to though it could just conceivably be ۱۲۸۷ (1287) in which case it could be read as 2 inscriptions 1. صاحبه قربان اخوند سنه ۱۲۹۸ “Its owner Qurban Akhund, year 1298 (1881-2)” 2. ابن محمد امین (؟) کاشقری ۱۲۸۷ “Ibn Muhammad Amin (?) Kashghari 1287 (1870-1)” Just to confuse you, another possibility is that Muhammad Amin wrote the inscription on the left in 1287 and then eleven years later in 1298 his son Qurban Akhund wrote the second inscription on the right, adding the word “ibn (son of)” in between. In any case, good night! Last edited by kwiatek; 30th November 2019 at 12:58 AM.