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The role of Halhol
(نقش حلحول)

Title	The role of Halhol
Title Original	نقش حلحول
Publication Date:	55/ 674
Publication Place	- Islamic Museum
Subject	White diamond stone engraved in intaglio.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 38 سم؛ الطول: 34 سم؛ السمك: 6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ز/ م/41
Record ID	object;ISL;pa;Mus01;48;ar
Library Location	Islamic Museum
Date	55/ 674
Notes	The piece is a tombstone, and consists of a white stone carved in embossed Kufic calligraphy. The text of this inscription consists of eight lines. The first line of the text, which often contained the basmalah, as it was customary to begin such texts, has been lost. The word "from" is missing from the beginning of the eighth line. The stone used is of irregular thickness, and its corners are defined on three sides in a straight, sharp shape known as the zamla. It is noted that the funerary script used in the inscription is less perfect than the official commemorative written texts contemporary to it, which were written in the first / seventh century. This inscription is distinguished by the fact that its writer paid great attention to the arrangement of the beginning of the lines of the inscription, making them on one vertical level. The script used in this inscription is similar to the script used in the inscriptions that preceded or followed it in the same century. The inscription dates the death of Al-Malik Narumi Al-Jarmi, who was from Banu Jarm, one of the clans of Tay from Qahtan. This inscription is considered one of the oldest Islamic inscriptions discovered in Palestine. The text of the inscription is as follows: “[In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful] God, there is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God. This is the grave of Al-Malik Bin Al-Rumi bin Abdullah Al-Jarmi. He died on a Friday in the month of Rabi’ al-Akhir [of] the year fifty-five.”
Sample Text	Khader Salameh “Halhul Inscription” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;48;ar

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The role of Halhol

(نقش حلحول)

Publication Date 55/ 674

Publication Place - Islamic Museum

Subject White diamond stone engraved in intaglio.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 38 سم؛ الطول: 34 سم؛ السمك: 6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ز/ م/41

Record ID object;ISL;pa;Mus01;48;ar

Library Location Islamic Museum

Date 55/ 674

Notes The piece is a tombstone, and consists of a white stone carved in embossed Kufic calligraphy. The text of this inscription consists of eight lines. The first line of the text, which often contained the basmalah, as it was customary to begin such texts, has been lost. The word "from" is missing from the beginning of the eighth line. The stone used is of irregular thickness, and its corners are defined on three sides in a straight, sharp shape known as the zamla. It is noted that the funerary script used in the inscription is less perfect than the official commemorative written texts contemporary to it, which were written in the first / seventh century. This inscription is distinguished by the fact that its writer paid great attention to the arrangement of the beginning of the lines of the inscription, making them on one vertical level. The script used in this inscription is similar to the script used in the inscriptions that preceded or followed it in the same century. The inscription dates the death of Al-Malik Narumi Al-Jarmi, who was from Banu Jarm, one of the clans of Tay from Qahtan. This inscription is considered one of the oldest Islamic inscriptions discovered in Palestine. The text of the inscription is as follows: “[In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful] God, there is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God. This is the grave of Al-Malik Bin Al-Rumi bin Abdullah Al-Jarmi. He died on a Friday in the month of Rabi’ al-Akhir [of] the year fifty-five.”

Sample Text Khader Salameh “Halhul Inscription” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;48;ar