Safaitic
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Safaitic is a variety of the South Semitic scripts that was used by the Arabs in southern Syria and northern Jordan in the Ḥarrah region, to carve rock inscriptions in various dialects of Old Arabic a
Safaitic script with a figure of a camel on a red sandstone fragment, from es-Safa, currently housed in the British Museum
Ancient North Arabian
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Ancient North Arabian is a collection of scripts and a language or family of languages under the North Arabian languages branch along with Old Arabic that were used in north and central Arabia and sou
Safaitic
…in the Ḥarrah region, to carve rock inscriptions in various dialects of Old Arabic and Ancient North Arabian. The Safaitic script is a member of the Ancient North Arabian (ANA) sub-grouping of the South Semitic script family, the genetic unity of which has yet to be demonstrated. The first attempt at a comprehensive…
Languages and scripts in 1st century Arabia