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Revision as of 02:37, 19 December 2024 by Pogenplain (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions are a major source for understanding the history and culture of pre-Islamic Arabia with the discovery and use of material written sources (inscriptions). These inscriptions can be divided into graffiti ("self-authored personal expressions written in a public space") and monumental inscriptions, which are inscriptions whose creation would have been commissioned to serve an official role. These inscriptions are represented by three scripts: Ancient South Arabian (ASA), Ancient North Arabian (ANA), and Nabataean. Before the seventh century, all scripts independent of the Nabataean tradition had died out.
See also
References
Citations
- Al-Jallad 2022, p. 7.
- Lindstedt 2023, p. 12.
- Donner 2022, p. 1–5.
Sources
- Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2022). The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions. Brill.
- Donner, Fred (2022). "Scripts and Scripture in Late Antique Arabia: An Overview". In Donner, Fred; Hasselbach-Andee, Rebecca (eds.). Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia circa 500–700 CE. Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. pp. 1–15.
- Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). Muhammad and His Followers in Context: The Religious Map of Late Antique Arabia. Brill.
- MacDonald, Michael C.A. (2015). "On the Uses of Writing in Ancient Arabia and the Role of Palaeography in Studying Them". Arabian Epigraphic Notes. 1: 1–50.
External links
- DASI (Digital Archive for the Study of pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions)
- DiCoNab (The Digital Corpus of the Nabataean and Developing Arabic Inscriptions)
- OCIANA (Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia)