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Nabataean script

The Nabataean script is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used to write Nabataean Aramaic and Nabataean Arabic from the second century BC onwards. Important inscriptions are found in Petra (in Jordan), the Sinai Peninsula (now part of Egypt), Bosra and Namara (in Syria), and other archaeological sites including Abdah (in Israel) and Mada'in Saleh…

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AbjadConsonantalNabataean AramaicNabataean ArabicPetra
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History

Aramaic alphabetArabic alphabetHebrewLigatures
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Corpora of inscriptions in Nabataean script

ISBNCorpus Inscriptionum SemiticarumMichael E. StoneOCLCWadi Mukattab
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Child systems
Arabic script
Direction
Right-to-left script
Languages
Nabataean Aramaic Nabataean Arabic
Parent systems
Proto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean script · Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean script · Aramaic alphabetNabataean script · Nabataean script
Period
2nd century BC to 4th century AD
Script type
Abjad

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Corpora of inscriptions in Nabataean script

Unicode

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Nabataean script

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Triples26
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
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Nabataean script

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related to External links · 7
Nabataean script → Arabic, Aramaic, Developing Arabic Inscriptions, DiCoNab, Nabataean, The Digital Corpus, The Nabataean
related to Comparison with related scripts · 6
Nabataean script → Aramaic-derived, As, Nabataean, Numerals, The, There
Parent systems · 4
Nabataean script → Aramaic alphabetNabataean script, Nabataean script, Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean script, Proto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean script
Child systems · 1
Nabataean script → Arabic script
Direction · 1
Nabataean script → Right-to-left script
ISO 15924 · 1
Nabataean script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Nbat (159), ​Nabataean
Languages · 1
Nabataean script → Nabataean Aramaic Nabataean Arabic
Period · 1
Nabataean script → 2nd century BC to 4th century AD
Script type · 1
Nabataean script → Abjad
Unicode alias · 1
Nabataean script → Nabataean

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nabataean inscriptions script alphabet aramaic arabic sinai century unicode abjad corpus julius euting found mada'in hegra papyri 000 published majority

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Nabataean scriptChild systemsArabic script1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptDirectionRight-to-left script1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Nbat (159), ​Nabataean1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptLanguagesNabataean Aramaic Nabataean Arabic1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptParent systemsProto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean script1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptParent systemsPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean script1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptParent systemsAramaic alphabetNabataean script1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptParent systemsNabataean script1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptPeriod2nd century BC to 4th century AD1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptScript typeAbjad1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptUnicode aliasNabataean1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptUnicode rangeU+10880–U+108AF Final Accepted Script Proposal1.00infobox
Nabataean scriptis aabjad0.90text

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