Gravestone

Gravestone

gravestone engravingNumerous madrassahs have been transformed into studios for craft production.  Here in Shakhrisabze, birthplace of Tamerlane, a sculptor chisels a gravestone in the former lecture hall, concentrating on the written word, just as past students did.  At the top is an Arabic funerary inscription, while below is the deceased’s name in Cyrillic, vestige of the Soviet period in Central Asia.

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