A Rock Inscription Asking For Forgiveness, 88 AH / 707 CE

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Last Modified: 26th April 2020

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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:

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Figure (a) photograph of original inscription, and (b) its transcription.

Date

88 AH / 707 CE.

Accession Number

Size

Script

Kufic.

Contents

The translation of the inscription is given below:

  1. O God, forgive
  2. ʿAbd
  3. Allāh bin Sʿad bin ʿAbd
  4. Allāh bin Sʿad bin Abī
  5. Dhubāb al-Numarī.
  6. Amen. Lord of the worlds. And he
  7. requested this in this gathering in
  8. (the month of) Jumāda in
  9. the year eight and
  10. eighty.

Comments

None.

Location

Saudi Arabia.

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References

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