Milestone Of Abū Ghōsh From The Time Of ‘Abd 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) its trace and (c) its contents.
[
] encloses letters supplied to fill a lacuna
Date
65-86 AH / 685-705 CE.
This milestone was found near the church of Abū Ghōsh. It is made up of limestone and shows five lines, with probably three or four lines missing at the top and the upper right corner.
Size Of The Slab
30 cm. x 30 cm.
Script
Kufic.
Contents
The translation of the inscription is:
- [Has ordered the repair of] the road and construction of [the milestones];
- Servant of God ʿAbd [al-Malik],
- Commander of the Faithful, [may God's mercy be on him].
- From Iliya [i.e., Jerusalem] to this milestone (there are)
- seven [miles].
Location
Not known.
References
[1] M. van Berchem, Matériaux Pour Un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, 1920, Tome 2 / 3, Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut Français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale: Le Caire, Plate II:4.
[2] M. van Berchem, Matériaux Pour Un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, 1922, Tome 2 / 1, Jérusalem "Ville", Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut Français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale: Le Caire, No. 4, pp. 19-20 and p. 21. The inscription was also reproduced by Adolf Grohmann in Arabische Paläographie II: Das Schriftwesen. Die Lapidarschrift, 1971, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch - Historische Klasse: Denkschriften 94/2. Hermann Böhlaus Nachf.: Wein, p. 83.
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