QMI-INS-001a · c. 24 AH
Inscription of Zuhayr, Mawlā of the Daughter of Shaybah
نقش زهير مولى ابنت شيبة
Qāʿ al-Muʿtadil, near al-ʿUlā
- أنا زهير مولى ابنت شيبة
I am Zuhayr, client (mawlā) of the daughter of Shaybah.
An undated signature found close to the inscription of Zuhayr dated 24 AH, at Qāʿ al-Muʿtadil near al-ʿUlā (QMI-INS-001). It carries no date and no formula, only the name and a relationship, but its place beside the dated text and the closeness of the hand make it likely that the same Zuhayr wrote it. That remains an inference from the setting and the script, not something the text itself states, so the date given here is approximate.
Source: Photograph by the Desert Team (فريق الصحراء), alsahra.org/damigh. Reading as supplied for the catalog.