Pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions
Pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions are a major source for understanding the history and culture of pre-Islamic Arabia with the discovery and use of material written sources (inscriptions). These inscriptions can be divided into graffiti ("self-authored personal expressions written in a public space"[1]) and monumental inscriptions, which are inscriptions whose creation would have been commissioned by the state to serve an official role.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Al-Jallad 2022, p. 7.
- ^ Lindstedt 2023, p. 12.
Sources
[edit]- Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2022). The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions. Brill.
- Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). Muhammad and His Followers in Context: The Religious Map of Late Antique Arabia. Brill.
- MacDonald, Michael C.A. (2015). "On the Uses of Writing in Ancient Arabia and the Role of Palaeography in Studying Them". Arabian Epigraphic Notes. 1: 1–50.
External links
[edit]- OCIANA (Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia)