The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada'in Salih

by Healey, John F.; Al-Theeb, Solaiman

• ISBN13: 9780199221622
• ISBN10: 0199221626
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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, this unique and authoritative work incorporates fifty halftone illustrations of tomb inscriptions. It is the first of the new series of supplements to Oxford's Journal of Semitic Studies . These supplements will be sold as books, and will not be available as part of the subscription of the journal.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
The Antiquities of Saudi Arabia
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
History of Research	p. 2
Brief Description of the Site	p. 5
The Nabataean History of the City	p. 13
Religion and the Dead	p. 31
Society and Law	p. 40
The Tomb Inscriptions	p. 43
Nabataean Script and Language
History of the Nabataean Script	p. 49
Nabataean and other Forms of Aramaic	p. 55
Nabataean and Arabic	p. 59
The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Ancient Hegra - 1-38	p. 65
Nabataean Tomb Texts from Other Sites	p. 237
Petra - Turkmaniye Inscription	p. 238
Petra - Bab es-Siq Nabataean-Greek Bilingual	p. 243
Al-Ula - Strasbourg Inscription	p. 245
Al-Jawf - Tomb Inscription	p. 246
Madeba - Inscription in the Louvre	p. 247
Indexes
List of Personal Names	p. 249
Divine Names	p. 252
Place Names and Tribal Names	p. 252
Glossary	p. 253
Numerals Written as Ciphers	p. 267
Bibliography: Concordance, Table of Masons, Script and Numeral Charts, Maps, Copies and Plates	p. 269
Arabic Section
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