List of symbols

Ancient period*	Middle period*	Late period*
Transcriptions into Latin letters Monumental script Minuscule script h l ḥ m q w š r b t s k n ḫ ṣ ś f ʼ ʽ ḍ g d ġ ṭ z ḏ y ṯ ẓ	Transcriptions into Latin letters Monumental script Minuscule script h l ḥ m q w š r b t s k n ḫ ṣ ś f ʼ ʽ ḍ g d ġ ṭ z ḏ y ṯ ẓ	Transcriptions into Latin letters Monumental script Minuscule script h l ḥ m q w š r b t s k n ḫ ṣ ś f ʼ ʽ ḍ g d ġ ṭ z ḏ y ṯ ẓ

Legend:

Ancient Period: 8th - beginning 3rd c. AD
Middle Period: 3rd BC - beginning 4th c. AD
Late period: middle 4th - 6th c. AD
Table drawn on the basis of Stein's table of the graphic evolution of the Sabaic script. Cf. Die altsüdarabischen Minuskelinschriften auf Holzstäbchen aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 5), 2010, Tübingen: Wasmuth, p. 28, fig. 2.