Three Arabic Inscriptions From Nahal ‘Amram (‘Aqabah), First Century Hijra
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First Composed: 30th January 2007
Last Modified: 3rd February 2007
Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Figure: Original inscriptions and their contents.
Date
First century hijra.
Size & Script
(a) 80 cm x 13 cm. Good angular early Umayyad script, incised by an expert hand. No points and no vowels.
(b) 102 cm x 35 cm. Script is same as the above.
(c) 60 cm x 23 cm. Script is same as the above.
Contents
The translation of the inscriptions are:
(a) God forgave Sa‘īd bin Mukarram.
(b) God forgave ‘Abd al-Salām bin al-Mus‘ab.
(c) God is the protector of ‘Abd al-Salām bin al-Mus‘ab.
Comments
The declaration that Allāh is the walī of the Muslim, as seen in the inscription (c), is a common Qur'anic notion and is mentioned frequently in many places in the Qur'an (2:257, 3:68, 13:37). An inscription with a similar theme can be seen here.
Location
Nahal ‘Amram (Sayl ‘Imran), Israel/Palestine.
References
[1] M. Sharon, Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarium Palaestinae, 1997, Volume I, Brill: Leiden, pp. 94-95 and Figs. 41-43.
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