Milestone Of Aqua Bella-ʿAyn Hemed From The Time Of ʿAbd al-Malik, 65-86 AH / 685-705 CE
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
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(b)
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Figure: (a) original inscription, (b) and its contents. (c) Proposed reconstruction of the fifth mīl on the basis of the text and style of eighth mīl found at Bāb al-Wād and (d) its contents.
Date
65-86 AH / 685-705 CE.
This milestone was found in the woods next to Aqua Bella-ʿAyn Hemed on the road between Jerusalem and coast.
Size Of The Slab
17 cm. x 27 cm. The inscription was incised into a marble slab 9.5 cm thick.
Script
Kufic.
Contents
CommentsThe translation of the inscription is:
- In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
- There is no god but God alone. He has no
- companion. Muḥammad is the Messenger of G
- od, may God bless him and give him peace.
- Has ordered the repair of this road
- and the manufacture of the milestones, the Ser
- vant of God ʿAbd al-Malik, Commander of
- the faithful, God's mercy be upon him.
- From Iliya [i.e., Jerusalem] to this milestone there are 5
- miles.
The contents of this fifth mīl were reconstructed on the basis of the text and style of eighth mīl found at Bāb al-Wād.
Location
The Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem.
References
[1] K. Cytryn-Silverman, "The Fifth Mīl From Jerusalem: Another Umayyad Milestone From Bilād Al-Shām", Bulletin Of The School Of Oriental And African Studies, 2007, Volume 70, No. 3, pp. 603-610.
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