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Islamic tomb at Savina Square (Rabat, Gozo Island, Malta). Tomb dating back to the period of Arab presence in the Maltese Islands (870-1249 AD). It was covered by a slab bearing an Arabic inscription with kufic characters. Its prismatic shape belongs to the type called "mqabriyyah" which is believed to have originated in the Maghreb. It would belong to a Muslim cemetery outside the walls of the medieval village of Gozo. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.
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Caption:
Islamic tomb at Savina Square (Rabat, Gozo Island, Malta). Tomb dating back to the period of Arab presence in the Maltese Islands (870-1249 AD). It was covered by a slab bearing an Arabic inscription with kufic characters. Its prismatic shape belongs to the type called "mqabriyyah" which is believed to have originated in the Maghreb. It would belong to a Muslim cemetery outside the walls of the medieval village of Gozo. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.
Location:
Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Malta.
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
7076 x 4804 px | 97.3 MB
Print size:
59.9 x 40.7 cm | 23.6 x 16.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ALPHABET • ARAB DOMINATION • ARAB • ARABE • ARABIAN • ARABIC SCRIPT • ARABIC WRITING • ARABIC • ARABICA • BELIEFS • BURIAL • CALLIGRAPHY • CARACTÈRES • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CONQUEST • COVER PAGE • COVER • CUFIC • DEATH • DECK • DOCTRINE • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • EPIC • EPOCA MEDIEVAL • EUROPA • EUROPE • FAITH • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FORMS (GEOMETRIC) • FRONT PAGE • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • GOZO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • GOZO ISLAND • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. MALTA. • GOZO • GRAFIA • GRAVE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • ISLAM • ISLAMIC BURIAL • ISLAMIC TOMB • ISLAMIC • ISLAMICA • ISLAMISM • ISLAND OF GOZO • JOY • KUFIC SCRIPT • KUFIC • LETTER • MALTA • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL TIMES • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MEDITERRANEAN BASIN • MEDITERRANEAN SEA • MEDITERRANEAN • MEDITERRANEO • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MOYEN AGE • MQABRIYYAH • MUSLIM • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PIECE • PLATE • PRISM • PRISMATIC • QUEEN VICTORIA I • QUEEN VICTORIA • RABAT • REGISTRATION • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RITE • SAVINA SQUARE • SCRIPT • SEPULCHER • SÉPULCRE • SHAPE • SLAB • STATUETTE • TITLE PAGE • TOMB • TRIUMPH • VICTORIA I • VICTORIA • VICTORY • WRITING • WRITING: ARABIC
