Sigla and Abbreviations
Sigla
| AAEK |
Safaitic inscriptions in al-Manaser (2008) |
| AH |
Dadanitic inscriptions in Abū l-Ḥasan (1997) |
| AHUD |
Dadanitic inscription in Minaic script published in Abū l-Ḥasan (2005) |
| al-Ḫuraybah |
Dadanitic inscriptions from al-Ḫuraybah published in al-Theeb (2013) |
| al-Mazroo and Nasīf 1992 |
Inscriptions published in al-Mazroo and Nasīf (1992) |
| Al-Saʿīd 1419/1999 |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in al-Saʿīd (1419/1999) |
| Al-Saʿīd 1420/1999 |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in al-Saʿīd (1420/1999) |
| Al-Saʿīd 2011 |
Dadanitic inscription published in al-Saʿīd (2011) |
| Al-Theeb 2013 |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in al-Theeb (2013) |
| Al-Ê¿Uá¸ayb |
Dadanitic inscriptions from al-Ê¿Uá¸ayb published in OCIANA |
| Al-Ê¿UlÄ |
Dadanitic inscriptions from al-Ê¿UlÄ published in OCIANA |
| Al-Ê¿UlÄ Museum |
Dadanitic inscriptions from the al-Ê¿UlÄ museum published in OCIANA |
| Bogue |
Dadanitic inscriptions published by Van den Branden (1960) |
| BRenv. |
Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 published in OCIANA |
| Bron-al-Ê¿Uá¸ayb |
Dadanitic inscription published in Bron (1996) and later in Sima (1999) |
| C |
Safaitic inscriptions published by G. Ryckmans in Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (1950â1951) |
| CAL |
Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, |
| CISÂ II |
Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: II, Inscriptiones Aramaicas Continens 1907 |
| DASI |
Digital Archive for the Study of pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions, |
| El-Khouri |
Dadanitic inscription published by El-Khouri (2002â2007) |
| Esk. |
Inscriptions from the TaymÄʾ area published in Eskoubi (1999) |
| Eut |
Dadanitic inscriptions in Jamme (1974) |
| Fa |
Inscriptions published in Fakhry (1952) |
| Graf AbÅ« al-á¸ibÄÊ¿ |
Inscriptions published in Graf (1983) |
| Ǧabal Iṯlib |
Dadanitic inscriptions from the Ǧabal Iṯlib area published in OCIANA |
| Ǧabal al-ḪuraymÄt |
Dadanitic inscriptions from the Ǧabal al-ḪuraymÄt area published in OCIANA |
| Ǧabal al-Zuhrah |
Dadanitic inscriptions from the Ǧabal al-Zuhrah area published in OCIANA |
| HALOT |
Koehler et al. (1995) |
| HCH |
Safaitic inscriptions published in Harding (1953) |
| HE |
Inscriptions published by Harding in Parr, Harding, and Dayton (1971) |
| HU |
Inscriptions recorded by C. Huber and renumbered in Van den Branden (1950) |
| Ir |
Ancient South Arabian inscriptions published in IryÄni (1990) |
| Is.R |
Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme by the Al-ʿĪsÄwÄ« well published in OCIANA |
| Ja |
Inscriptions from al-Ê¿Uqlah published in Jamme (1963) |
| JaL |
Inscriptions published in Jamme (1968) |
| JSLih |
Inscriptions called Liḥyanite published in Jaussen and Savignac (1909â1912) |
| JSMin |
Minaic inscriptions published in Jaussen and Savignac (1909â1912) |
| JSNab |
Inscriptions called Nabataean in Jaussen and Savignac (1909â1912) |
| JSTham |
Thamudic inscriptions published in Jaussen and Savignac (1909â1912) |
| KJA |
Hismaic inscriptions published in King (1990) |
| KRS |
Inscriptions recorded by G. King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published in OCIANA |
| Lane |
Arabic-English dictionary by Lane (1863) |
| LisÄn |
Arabic dictionary |
| M |
Minaic inscriptions in Garbini and Capuzzi (1974) available in DASI |
| LP |
Safaitic inscriptions published in Littmann (1943) |
| Müller, D.H. 1889 |
Inscriptions published in Müller (1889) |
| Nasif 1988 |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in Nasif (1988) |
| OCIANA |
Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia, |
| Ph |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in Van den Branden (1960) |
| Private collection |
Dadanitic inscriptions from a private collection published in OCIANA |
| QÄniʾ 4 |
Ancient South Arabian inscriptions from ancient QÄniʾ published in Ryckmans (1939) |
| Qaá¹£r al-á¹¢ÄniÊ¿ |
Dadanitic inscriptions from the Qaá¹£r al-á¹¢ÄniÊ¿ area published in OCIANA |
| Rabeler |
Dadanitic inscription published in Scagliarini (2002a) |
| RES |
Répertoire dâépigraphie sémitique. (8 volumes). Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1900â1968. |
| Ryckmans |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in Scagliarini (1999) |
| RWQ |
Safaitic inscriptions published in Al-Rousan (2004) |
| Sabaweb |
Online Sabaic dictionary, project of the DFG and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, |
| TA |
The registration numbers of the inscriptions discovered during the Saudi-German excavations at TaymÄʾ published in OCIANA and Macdonald (2020) |
| Tall al-Kaṯīb |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in ZahrÄnÄ« (2007) |
| Teima |
Imperial Aramaic inscriptions from TaymÄʾ and the surrounding area, published in (Schwirderski 2006, 2:410â413) |
| Tdr |
Inscriptions published in Koenig (1971) |
| U |
Dadanitic inscriptions from al-Ê¿Uá¸ayb published in Sima (1999) |
| Umm Daraǧ |
Dadanitic inscriptions from the Umm Daraǧ area published in OCIANA |
| W.Dad |
Dadanitic inscriptions published in Winnett and Reed (1970) |
| WH |
Safaitic inscriptions published in Winnett and Harding (1978) |
| WTay |
Taymanitic inscriptions published in Winnett and Reed (1970) |
Abbreviations
| DIN |
theonym |
| Gn |
genealogy |
| LeiCenSAA |
Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia |
| PN |
personal name |
| POSS |
possessive |
| TrN |
tribal name |
| TN |
toponym |
Glossing Abbreviations (Used in the Appendix)
| 1c. |
first-person common gender |
| 3 |
third person |
| 3c. |
third-person common gender |
| act. part. |
active participle |
| c |
C-stem verb |
| cs |
construct state |
| cd |
CD-stem verb |
| d |
D-stem verb |
| du. |
dual |
| f. |
feminine |
| g |
G-stem verb |
| m. |
masculine |
| PC |
prefix conjugation |
| pl. |
plural |
| POS |
part of speech |
| Q |
query |
| s. |
singular |
| sc |
suffix conjugation |
| st |
st-stem |
| t |
t-prefix stem |
| t-infix |
t-infix stem |
Languages
| ANA |
Ancient North Arabian |
| Aram. |
Aramaic |
| CAr. |
Classical Arabic |
| CP Aram. |
Christian Palestinian Aramaic |
| Heb. |
Hebrew |
| Ḥaá¸. |
Ḥaá¸ramitic |
| JBA |
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic |
| Min. |
Minaic |
| MMin. |
Marginal Minaic (the Minaic inscriptions found outside the Minaic homeland) |
| Nab. |
Nabataean |
| NWS |
North-West Semitic |
| OffAram. |
Official Aramaic |
| OldAram. |
Old Aramaic |
| Palm. |
Palmyrene |
| Sab. |
Sabaic |
| Saf. |
Safaitic |
| Syr. |
Syriac |
| Ug. |
Ugaritic |