Mnamon

Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean

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Ancient North Arabian

- 6th c. BC - 4th c. AD (?)



Map of places



  1. Azraq (Place attested)
  2. Azraq (Provenance), 'Safaitic graffito from Jabal Qurma (southern Jordan).' (image)
  3. Azraq (Provenance), 'Safaitic graffito from Jabal Qurma (southern Jordan).' (image)
  4. Dumat al jandal (Place attested)
  5. Dumat al jandal (Provenance), 'Dumaitic' (Example)
  6. Dumat al jandal (Provenance), 'Dumaitic' (Example)
  7. Egypt (Diffusion area)
  8. Irak (Diffusion area)
  9. Israel/Palestine (Diffusion area)
  10. Jordan (Place of origin)
  11. Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ (Place attested)
  12. Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ (Provenance), 'Dadanitic inscription in rilief and archaic script engraved on the Jabal Iṯāb, near Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ (Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  13. Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ (Provenance), 'Thamudic D' (Example)
  14. Maʿān (Provenance), 'Hismaeo-Safaitic' (Example)
  15. Najrān (Place attested)
  16. Najrān (Provenance), 'Graffiti in Himaitic Thamudic from Ḥimā, north of Najrān (Saudi Arabia). ' (image)
  17. Najrān (Provenance), 'Graffiti in Himaitic Thamudic from Ḥimā, north of Najrān (Saudi Arabia). ' (image)
  18. Najrān (Provenance), 'Graffito in Himaitic Thamudic from Ḥimā, north of Najrān (Saudi Arabia). ' (image)
  19. Namāra (Place attested)
  20. Namāra (Provenance), 'Safaitic' (Example)
  21. Rasm ʿAmīri (Place attested)
  22. Rasm ʿAmīri (Provenance), 'Safaitic' (Example)
  23. Rās an-Naqab (Place attested)
  24. Rās an-Naqab (Provenance), 'Hismaic' (Example)
  25. Rās an-Naqab (Provenance), 'Hismaic' (Example)
  26. Saudi Arabia (Place of origin)
  27. Syria (Place of origin)
  28. Taymāʾ (Place attested)
  29. Taymāʾ (Provenance), 'Graffito in Thamudic C engraved on a rock near Ramm, south of Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  30. Taymāʾ (Provenance), 'Taymanitic inscription engraved on a rock near Ramm, south of Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  31. Taymāʾ (Provenance), 'Taymanitic inscription engraved on a rock near Ramm, south of Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  32. Taymāʾ (Provenance), 'Taymanitic' (Example)
  33. Taymāʾ (Provenance), 'Taymanitic' (Example)
  34. Taymāʾ (Provenance), 'Taymanitic' (Example)
  35. al-‘Ulā (Place attested)
  36. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic inscription in rilief and archaic script mentioning a king of Dadān (al-ʿUlā, Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  37. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic inscription in rilief and recent script from Jabal Um Darāj, near al-ʿUlā (Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  38. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic inscription in rilief and recent script from the ancient site of Dadān (al-ʿUlā, Saudi Arabia).' (image)
  39. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic inscription in rilief on stone, mentioning a dedication to the deity ḏ-Ġbt.' (image)
  40. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic' (Example)
  41. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic' (Example)
  42. al-‘Ulā (Provenance), 'Dadanitic' (Example)
  43. aṣ-Ṣafāwī (Place attested)
  44. aṣ-Ṣafāwī (Provenance), 'Thamudic B' (Example)
  45. wadi Rāmm (Place attested)
  46. wadi Rāmm (Provenance), 'Hismaic' (Example)
  47. Ḥimā (Place attested)
  48. Ḥimā (Provenance), 'Southern Thamudic (Himaitic)' (Example)