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[Yocabo Rabinowitz <ugariticscholar AT yahoo.com>]

What is the Safaitic Inscription? What language is it in and where can I get 
some information on it.  I try to be up on this stuff.  I just haven't heard 
about this one.  Thanks Yacobo 
 
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Dear Yacobo,
> What is the Safaitic Inscription? What language is it in and where can =
I get some information on it.  I try to be up on this stuff.  I just have=
n't heard about this one.=20
HH: The first site below is the Smithsonian national Museum of Natural=20
History. It says:

Safaitic inscriptions are mostly found in the north of Saudi Arabia and=20
are attributed to 3rd=962nd century BC. Safaitic tribes settled in the=20
north of the country and left thousands of their Inscriptions on the=20
rocks and hills. This script consisted of 28 letters and was written=20
from left to right or right to left.

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 29,500 for Safaitic Inscription.=20
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Written in Stone: Pre-Islamic Exhibit
Safaitic inscriptions are mostly found in the north of Saudi Arabia and=20
are ... Safaitic inscription (3) "Bar al bin U'adi bin Ta'aldam bin Sar=20
Ahqas Ar ...
www.mnh.si.edu/epigraphy/e_pre-islamic/safaitic.htm - 20k - Cached -=20
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Safaitic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most Safaitic inscriptions are graffiti, and reflect the current=20
concerns of the author - the availability of grazing for his camel herd, =

mourning the ...
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Thamudic and Nabataean Inscriptions from Umm al-Rasas
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1972 Safaitic Inscriptions from Tapline in Jordan. ADAJ 17: 5-14.=20
Harding, G. Lankester and Littmann, E. 1952 Some Thamudic Inscriptions=20
from the Hashemite ...
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The camel, especially the young she-camel, which is found with many=20
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and Harding ...
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Jamme A. Safaitic inscriptions from Saudi Arabia. Oriens. Antiquus 6:=20
1967: 189-213 ... See, for instance, Littmann E. Safaitic inscriptions. .=
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This collection of Safaitic inscriptions shares with other previously=20
known ones the main. 580 REVIEWS charaeteristies of subjeet matter whieh =

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Three inscriptions on basaltic stone were found. Two of them are=20
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Main Type : Inscription Sub Type : SAFAITIC INSCRIPTION. KHIRBETEL-=20
GHUZLAN =B7 QASRET- TAMRAH =B7 NN/LIMES ARABICUS SURVEY SITE 151 =B7 UMM =

ER-RASAS =B7 UREINBEH ...
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Yours,
Harold Holmyard