Nabataean alphabet
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The Nabataean alphabet is an ancient Northwest Semitic script used by the Nabataean kingdom, which evolved from the Phoenician writing system and later gave rise to the early Arabic script.
Aliases (4)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northwest Semitic script
→
abjad → writing system → |
| ancestorOf |
Arabic alphabet
→
surface form: "Classical Arabic script"
Kufic script → |
| associatedWithReligion |
Arabian polytheism
→
early Christianity → |
| derivedFrom |
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
→
surface form: "Aramaic alphabet"
Phoenician alphabet → |
| developedInto |
Arabic alphabet
→
early Arabic script → |
| follows |
Aramaic alphabet (historically)
→
surface form: "Aramaic alphabet"
|
| hasScriptCodeISO15924 | Nbat → |
| hasUnicodeBlock |
Nabataean Aramaic
→
surface form: "Nabataean"
|
| historicalStatus | extinct script → |
| namedAfter |
Nabataean kingdom
→
surface form: "Nabataeans"
|
| numberOfLettersApprox | 22 → |
| relatedTo |
Hebrew alphabet
→
Palmyrene alphabet → East Syriac script →
surface form: "Syriac alphabet"
|
| replacedBy | Arabic alphabet → |
| scriptFamily |
Aramaic script family
→
Phoenician alphabet →
surface form: "Phoenician script family"
|
| scriptFeatures |
contextual letter shaping
→
cursive letterforms → ligatures between letters → |
| subclassOf |
Semitic abjad
→
consonantal alphabet → |
| timePeriod | circa 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE → |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+10880–U+108AF → |
| usedBy |
Nabataean kingdom
→
surface form: "Nabataeans"
|
| usedFor |
administrative texts
→
funerary inscriptions → inscriptions → religious inscriptions → |
| usedForLanguage | Nabataean Aramaic → |
| usedIn |
Nabataean kingdom
→
surface form: "Nabataean Kingdom"
|
| usedInRegion |
Petra
→
surface form: "Hegra (Madain Salih)"
Northern Arabia →
surface form: "North Arabia"
Arabia Petraea →
surface form: "Petra region"
Levant region →
surface form: "Southern Levant"
|
| usedUntilApprox | 4th century CE → |
| writingDirection | right-to-left → |
| writingMedium |
ostraca
→
parchment → rock graffiti → stone inscriptions → |
| writingSystemScope | monumental inscriptions → |
| writingSystemType | consonant-only script → |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Aramaic alphabet"
this entity surface form: "Phoenician letter Dalet"
this entity surface form: "Nabataean script"
this entity surface form: "Hatran Aramaic script"
this entity surface form: "Nabataean Aramaic script"
this entity surface form: "Nabataean Aramaic script"