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New discovery at early Islamic site in Jordan: Uncovered inscription reveals name of Umayyad prince
Art Daily ^ | Thursday, June 7, 2012 | Art, or someone who knows him

Posted on 06/07/2012 5:23:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The site is a small building dating to the Umayyad period and is known for its mural paintings. Gazelle and wild donkey hunts, dances, musicians, court scenes and allegories, and zodiac symbols are all painted on interior surfaces.

The inscription, which previously could not be read due to accumulated dirt and previous unsuccessful cleaning attempts, is an invocation to Allah beginning with the formula "Allahumma aslih al-Walid ibn Yazîd" ("Oh God! Make al-Walîd ibn Yazîd virtuous"). This inscription was painted in white above a window in old Kufic alphabet without any diacritical dots. Sections of the three-line inscription are still being translated.

Walid Ibn Yazid, or Walid II, was an Umayyad caliph who reigned for a little over a year, from February 743 to April 744. The inscription, however, is missing the typical expressions used for Umayyad caliphs ("God's servant," "Prince of the Believers"), indicating that it was painted when Walid was still a prince, during the reign of Hisham bin Abd el-Malik (723-743).
The inscription, which previously could not be read due to accumulated dirt and previous unsuccessful cleaning attempts, is an invocation to Allah.

New discovery at early Islamic site in Jordan: Uncovered inscription reveals name of Umayyad prince

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; jordan; umad

1 posted on 06/07/2012 5:23:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SJackson; Nachum; Eleutheria5

May be of some interest.


2 posted on 06/07/2012 6:01:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


3 posted on 06/07/2012 6:02:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yassir Thass Mabebe


4 posted on 06/07/2012 6:06:20 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing
"Yassir Thass Mabebe"

If I'm not mistaken, he was the father of Yobet Yoass Yomama.
5 posted on 06/07/2012 7:29:15 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

As well as Ayatollah Yussoh.


6 posted on 06/08/2012 4:58:00 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing

THANK to the three of you who made me laugh out loud. Funny.


7 posted on 06/09/2012 12:28:58 PM PDT by itssme
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