Dadanitic is the script and possibly the language of the oasis of Dadān and the kingdom of Liḥyān in northwestern Arabia, spoken probably some time during the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Dadanitic script on a tablet.
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Dadanitic inscription from Al-'Ula, 'Umm Daraj temple, commemorating a pilgrimage. 5th-1st century BC.
al-Ula, officially AlUla, is an ancient Arabian oasis city and governorate located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia, 350 kilometres northwest of the city of Medina. Situated in the Hejaz, a region tha
Dadanitic
…Dadanitic (once known as Lihyanite) is the script and possibly the language of the oasis of Dadān (modern Al-'Ula) and the kingdom of Liḥyān in northwestern Arabia, spoken probably some time during the second half of the first millennium BCE. Dadanitic was originally…