Thamudic
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Thamudic is an ancient North Arabian script and group of related dialects used by pre-Islamic tribes in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old North Arabian | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Arabian script
ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ group of dialects ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
graffiti inscriptions
ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ |
| chronology |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ |
| classificationNote | term used as a cover label for several distinct epigraphic traditions ⓘ |
| geographicConcentration |
northern Hijaz
ⓘ
northwestern Saudi Arabia ⓘ southern Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptCodeStatus | not yet encoded in Unicode as a unified script ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Central Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thamud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
northwestern Arabia
ⓘ
oases and desert regions of northern Arabia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dadanitic
ⓘ
Safaitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Taymanitic NERFINISHED ⓘ other Ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ |
| scriptDerivation | derived from Proto-Sinaitic script (indirectly) ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Ancient North Arabian scripts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semitic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | deciphered to a significant extent ⓘ |
| scriptType |
abjad
ⓘ
consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Hasaean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hismaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamudic A NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamudic B NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamudic C NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamudic D NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamudic E NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic era ⓘ |
| usageContext |
commemorative inscriptions
ⓘ
personal names ⓘ short dedicatory texts ⓘ tribal marks ⓘ |
| usedBy |
ancient North Arabian tribes
ⓘ
pre-Islamic tribes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
northern Arabia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
boulders
ⓘ
rock faces ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Old North Arabian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old North Arabian