AN AYYUBID CARVED WOODEN BEAM from the upper register of a cenotaph, the face carved with an elegant naskh inscription on a ground of scrolling arabesques between plain borders, various mortise joints for assembly, 12th century (incomplete, some damages)

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AN AYYUBID CARVED WOODEN BEAM from the upper register of a cenotaph, the face carved with an elegant naskh inscription on a ground of scrolling arabesques between plain borders, various mortise joints for assembly, 12th century (incomplete, some damages)
53½in. (136cm.) long

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The script of the panel shows a well developed version of Ayyubid naskh. The inocmplete inscription seems to be dedicatory since the two final words are 'al-sultan al-mu'azzam'

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