A Rock Inscription From Makkah, 80 AH / 699-700 CE

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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:

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(b)

Figure: (a) Original inscription and (b) its content.

Date

80 AH / 699-700 CE.

Size & Script

Written in ḥijāzī script.

Contents

The translation of the inscription is:

1. God, pardon A
2. l-Walīd bin Maʿbud and forgive
3. his sins. And inscribed
4. in the year eighty. And he seeks from God
5. dwelling in Paradise and message-carrying (?)
6. angels.

Comments

The long, slender and slightly inclined form of writing is reminiscent of ḥijāzī script.

Location

Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

References

[2] Muḥammad b.ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Rāshad al-Thenyian, Nuqūsh Al-Qarn Al-Hijrī Al-Awwal Al-Muʾrakhat Fī Al-Mamlakah Al-ʿArabiyyah Al-Saudia, 2015, Riyaḍ, pp. 71-72, Plate 8(b).

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