Arabian Epigraphic Notes A Publication of the Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia (original) (raw)

Arabian Epigraphic Notes 2 (2016)

Sarah Rijziger The Kāniṭ Museum collection (Yemen) 1 Phillip W. Stokes A new and unique Thamudic Inscription from northeast Jordan 33 Ali al-Manaser & Sabri Abbadi Remarks on the etymon trḥ in the Safaitic inscriptions 45 Ahmad Al-Jallad & Ali al-Manaser New Epigraphica from Jordan II: three Safaitic-Greek partial bilingual inscriptions 55 Fokelien Kootstra The Language of the Taymanitic Inscriptions & its Classification 67 Hekmat Dirbas ʿAbd al-Asad and the Question of a Lion-God in the pre-Islamic Tradition: An Onomastic Study 141 Zeyad Al-Salameen A New Dedicatory Nabataean Inscription Dated to ad 53 151 Hani Hayajneh Dadanitic Graffiti from Taymāʾ Region Revisited 161

E. Haerinck, Abi'el, the ruler of Southeastern Arabia, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, vol. 10 n° 1, 1999: 124-128, 1 fig.

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The decline of the epigraphic habit in late antique Arabia_some questions

In the first millennium BC and the first three centuries AD vast numbers of monumental inscriptions and graffiti were carved in western Arabia. However, in late antiquity, what has been called the 'epigraphic habit' appears to have declined sharply in all parts of the Peninsula. This paper examines some of the possible implications of this decline. It also looks at what can be discovered about the levels of literacy in different parts of the Peninsula during this period, and the relationships between languages which appear to have remained purely spoken and those which were written. Au I er millénaire avant J.-C. et durant les trois premiers siècles de l'ère chrétienne, un grand nombre d'inscriptions monumentales et de graffiti ont été gravés en Arabie occidentale. Mais au cours de l'Antiquité tardive, cette apparente "tradition épigraphique" semble sensiblement décliner dans les différents points de la Péninsule. Cette contribution se penche sur les implications possibles de ce déclin. Elle cherche également à mettre en lumière le niveau de pénétration de la pratique de l'écrit dans les différentes régions de la péninsule Arabique durant cette période, ainsi que les rapports entre les langues qui seraient restées uniquement parlées et celles qui furent écrites.

EASTERN ARABIA IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.

Edited by Avanzini Alessandra Year: 2010 Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER Series: Arabia Antica, 06 ISBN: 978-88-8265-568-6 Binding: Hardocover Pages: 250, 168 ill. B/N Size: 24 x 28 cm