New dated inscriptions (Nabataean and pre-Islamic Arabic) from a site near al-Jawf, ancient Dūmah, Saudi Arabia

Nehmé, Laïla (2017)

Article / Letter to editor

This article publishes eighteen inscriptions: seventeen in the Nabataean script and one in the pre-Islamic Arabic script, all from the area of al-Jawf, ancient Dūmat al-Jandal, in north-west Arabia. It includes the edition of the texts as well as a discussion of their significance. The pre-Islamic Arabic text, DaJ144PAr1, is dated to the mid-sixth century ad. It is important because it is the first text firmly dated to the sixth century ad from north-west Arabia. The Nabataean texts are interesting because they are dated to the beginning of the second century ad and they mention both cavalrymen (Nabataean pršyʾ) and a centurion (Nabataean qnṭrywnʾ).

• Nabataean inscriptions
• Pre-Islamic Arabic
• Dumah
• Saudi Arabia
• Roman army

• All authors: Nehmé, Laïla
• Date: 2017
• Pages: 121 - 164
• Publisher: Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia (LeiCenSAA)