A Peculiar Inscription Containing Arabic & Nabataean Characters At Sakakah, Saudi Arabia
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
Date
Probably pre-Islamic.
Script
A curious mixture of Arabic and Nabataean characters showing the diacritical points associated with Arabic letters ب, ت, and ن.
Comments
According to Winnett and Reed:
Not far from this drawing was a peculiar inscription, half-Arabic, half-Nabataean in appearance, deeply engraved in the red sandstone rock. Its interpretation is uncertain.
Location
Sakakah, Northern Saudi Arabia.
References
[1] F. V. Winnett & W. L. Reed with contributions from J. T. Milik & J. Starcky, Ancient Records From North Arabia, 1970, University of Toronto Press: Toronto (Canada), p. 11 and picture on p. 12.
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