Lawh is a small Wooden board used for teaching the Quran, Some Quran verses were written in one sides, in the name of Allah the Merciful (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم), written on it with special ink called Ammar it consists of glue and black soot.

A pot of ink (Dawaya) is made of gourd with a hole in the top and stopper woven around with rope, and three pens of wicker stems. Found in Nyala dates back to Islamic period.

Darfur museum collection

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