Arabic Graffito Asking For Forgiveness, 98 AH / 717 CE
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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
98 AH / 717 CE.[1]
Accession Number
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Size
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Script
Kufic.
Contents
The translation of the inscription is given below:
- O God! Forgive Ḥabashī
- (ʿAbbās?) and he wrote on Saturday,
- two days passed from Shaʿbān in the year
- eight and ninety.
Comments
None.
Location
Saudi Arabia.
References
[1] Via the Twitter feed of @mohammed93athar.
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