QMI-INS-004cf · c. 40–90 AH
Inscription of ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yuḥannas, al-Bāḥah
نقش عطاء بن يحنس، الباحة
al-Bāḥah region, Saudi Arabia
- أنا عطا(ء) بن يحنس
I am ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yuḥannas.
On the rock in the al-Bāḥah region that bears the inscriptions of Khālid ibn al-ʿĀṣ (QMI-INS-004c) and of his family, ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yuḥannas wrote a single line giving his name in the first person: “I am ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yuḥannas”. The name is written ʿṭā, without the final hamza, as is usual in early Arabic spelling.
Photograph: not yet credited.