Nabataean alphabet

E30231
Northwest Semitic script abjad writing system

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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Nabataean alphabet canonical 7
Nabataean script 5
Nabataean Aramaic script 3

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 (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Old Arabic → writingSystem → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean Aramaic script
Aramaic alphabet (historically) → ancestorOf → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet
Arabic alphabet → derivedFrom → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Hatra → scriptUsed → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hatran Aramaic script
Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Nabataean Arabic → writingSystem → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean Aramaic script
Estrangela script → relatedTo → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean script
Dalet → originatesFrom → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician letter Dalet
Moab → scriptUsed → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moabite script
Edom → scriptAttested → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edomite script
Pre-Islamic Arabia → writingSystem → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean Aramaic script
Mesha Stele → writingSystem → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moabite script
Nabataean Aramaic → writingSystem → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean script
Nabataean Aramaic → hasUnicodeBlock → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean (U+10880–U+108AF)
Nbat → codeFor → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic → scriptAncestorOf → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Palmyrene alphabet → influencedBy → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean script
Mandaic alphabet → relatedScript → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Nabataean inscriptions → scriptType → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean script
Abjad → exampleScripts → Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabataean script