The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada'in Salih
Translation by Solaiman Al-Theeb
Published on 19. August 1993
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-19-922162-2 (ISBN)
Description
The first full study of the important first century AD Nabataean inscriptions of Mada'in Salih in Saudi Arabia since the turn of the century. A unique and authoritative work incorporating 50 halftone illustrations of tomb inscriptions. This is the first of the new series of Supplements to the Journal of Semitic Studies (OUP). These supplements will be sold as books: they will not be available as part of the subscription of the Journal.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
50 halftones, numerous maps
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-922162-2 (9780199221622)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Introduction: history of research; brief description of the site; the Nabataean history of the city; religion and the dead; society and law; the tomb inscriptions. Part 2 Nabataean script and language: history of the Nabataean script; Nabataean and other forms of Aramaic; Nabataean and Arabic. Part 3 The Natabaean tomb inscriptions of Ancient Hegra 1-38. Part 4 Nabataean tomb texts from other sites: Petra - Turkmaniye inscription; Petra - Bab es-Siq Nabataean-Greek bilingual; Al-'Ula - Strasbourg inscription; Al-Jawf - tomb inscription; Madeba - inscription in the Louvre.