The attached photo is of one of eight stones carrying Ṣafāʾitic inscriptions discovered 35 kilometers southeast of at-Tanf and brought to the National Museum of Damascus in 1966. This stone carries two inscriptions transliterated as follows:
Šahm bin Aslam bin ʾAbd al-Malik bin Šaʿ wa Šatā... wa qāla ʿArab Yā ḏā aš-Šarā Qablil wa Sallim ḏawī Āl Nataʿ.
Min Aslam bin Salam bin Sāmī Min Āl Nataʿ wa tašawaq.
The second inscription is confined within a near-triangular field, but it probably was made at about the same time as the first, given that both name the clan of Āl Nataʿ. The first inscription designates Šahm, son of Aslam, son of ʾAbd al-Malik, son of Šaʿ and Šatā, imploring the forgiveness of the Nabatean god ḏū aš-Šaraʿ, also known as Dusares. The second inscription is addressed by Aslam, son of Salam, son of Sāmī from the clan Āl Nataʿ, expressing his longing for someone or something.
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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