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The Nabataean script is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used to write Nabataean Aramaic and Nabataean Arabic from the second century BC onwards. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Important inscriptions are found in Petra (now in Jordan ), the Sinai Peninsula (now part of Egypt ), and other archaeological sites including Abdah (in Israel ) and Mada'in Saleh ...
Old Arabic (Nabataean dialect) The Namara inscription ( Arabic : نقش النمارة naqš an-Namārah ) is a 4th century inscription in the Arabic language , making it one of the earliest. It has also been interpreted as a late version of the Nabataean script in its transition to Arabic script.
The Madaba Nabataean inscriptions are a pair of identical ancient texts carved in the Nabataean alphabet, discovered in the town of Madaba, Jordan. Dating to 37/38 CE during the reign of King Aretas IV , these inscriptions provide insight into the Nabataean civilization, particularly its language, administration, and funerary practices.
Nabataean Aramaic is the extinct Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the East Bank of the Jordan River, the Negev, and the Sinai Peninsula.Compared with other varieties of Aramaic, it is notable for the occurrence of a number of loanwords and grammatical borrowings from Arabic or other North Arabian languages.
The Nabataeans were an Arab tribe who had come under significant Babylonian-Aramaean influence. [9] The first mention of the Nabataeans dates from 312/311 BC, when they were attacked at Sela or perhaps at Petra without success by Antigonus I's officer Athenaeus in the course of the Third War of the Diadochi; at that time Hieronymus of Cardia, a Seleucid officer, mentioned the Nabataeans in a ...
Pages in category "Nabataean script" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Dumat al-Jandal ...
Nabataean script (7 P) Nabataean sites in Israel (7 P) Nabataean sites in Jordan (1 C, 5 P) W. Wars involving the Nabataean Kingdom (3 P) Pages in category "Nabataea"
The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea (/ ˌ n æ b ə ˈ t iː ə /), was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity. The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, amassing large wealth and drawing the envy of its neighbors.