QMI-INS-050g · Last decade of the 1st c. AH (c. 90–99)
Two Graffiti including ʿUmar, of the Troops of Palestine, Cnidus
نقشان منهما نقش عمر من أهل فلسطين، قندوز
Cnidus (Knidos), south-western Turkey; marble pavement of the nave of the Byzantine church (5th–6th c.), near the choir
- Graffito 1: اللهم اغف[ر] …
- Graffito 2: [غ]فر الله لعمر ابن … (كذا)
- من أهل فل[سطين]
- بحر (؟) …
Graffito 1: O God, forgive … [unfinished] Graffito 2: May God forgive ʿUmar ibn … of the troops of Palestine, … the sea (?)
Two graffiti cut in haste on the same marble slab at Cnidus. The first is an unfinished “O God, forgive”; the second asks God to forgive ʿUmar ibn …, “of the people of Palestine”. V. Ruggieri published a photograph but judged the texts illegible; Imbert gives the reading with reserve.
Source: Imbert, Frédéric. “Graffiti arabes de Cnide et de Kos : premières traces épigraphiques de la conquête musulmane en mer Égée.” In Constructing the Seventh Century, ed. Constantin Zuckerman, Travaux et Mémoires 17 (Paris, 2013), 731–758, 739–740, ensemble C4, photo 4, fig. 4.