Eight stones carrying Ṣafāʾitic inscriptions were discovered 35 kilometers southeast of at-Tanf and brought to the National Museum of Damascus in 1966. The stones numbered 1 and 2, displayed in the attached photo, are actually the broken parts of the same piece, which carries an inscription, the translation of which is as follows:
To Netān, son of H̱alaf, the hired shepherd. O rich Allāt!
ʿUḏr Allāh was killed! O Allāt, we ask for your retribution!
Material : ?
Dimensions : "small".
Era : Roman or Byzantine.
Photo credit : ʿAbd al-Wadūd Yūsuf.
Collection : National Museum of Damascus.
ʿAlī ʾabū ʿAssāf. Kitābāt ʿArabīyyā Ṣafawīyyā ǧadīdā fī al-matḥaf al'waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes XXIII 1973 (pp. 201-214).
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