Arabian Epigraphic Notes

An Open Access Online Journal on Arabian Epigraphy.

Remarks on the etymon trḥ in the Safaitic inscriptions

Abstract

This paper discusses four new Safaitic inscriptions from Jordan. Two of the funerary inscriptions shed light on the enigmatic grieving term trḥ, which could have both a passive meaning “perished” (lit. grieved for) and an active meaning “grieving intensely”.


Keywords

Ancient North Arabian Funerary Inscriptions Safaitic

New Islamic inscriptions from the Jordanian Badia region

Abstract

This paper aims to study new Islamic epigraphical material found in the Jordanian Badia. These inscriptions include one hadith and one inscription dating to the thirteenth century ce/eighth century ah. This study will highlight the relationship between the place where the inscriptions were found and the early Islamic mosque also said to be located there. The purpose of this article is to publish images of the newly-found inscriptions, give a translation, and provide some commentary. This article considers
the definition of Islamic inscription to be all Arabic inscriptions written since Islamic times.


Keywords

Funerary Inscriptions Jordan Islamic Arabic inscription Hadith Mosque

New Nabataean Inscriptions from Umm al-Jimāl

Abstract

This article presents four new Nabataean inscriptions from Umm al-Jimāl in north-eastern Jordan. The first text, which is dedicatory, is dated to year fifty-five of the Roman Province of Arabia, ad 161. The second one mentions the dedication of a mqrtʾ ‘hollow basin’, a word that is not attested previously in the Nabataean inscriptions. The remaining two texts are tombstones whose shape and contents are similar to the previously published tombstones from the Ḥawrān region.


Keywords

Aramaic Funerary Inscriptions Nabataean inscriptions Province of Arabia Umm al-Jimāl