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The Nabataean tomb inscriptions of Mada'in Salih

Title: The Nabataean tomb inscriptions of Mada'in Salih / edited with introduction, translation and commentary by John F. Healey ; with an Arabic section translated by Solaiman Al-Theeb.
Publication: Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester, 1993.

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xiv, 298, 55 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

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Journal of Semitic studies. Supplement ; 1

Uniform Title

Journal of Semitic studies. Supplement ; 1.

Alternative Title

Nuqūsh al-maqābir al-Nabaṭīyah fī Madāʼin Ṣāliḥ.
Tomb inscriptions of Mada'in Salih.

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Texts in Nabataean; critical matter in English and Arabic.
Title on added t.p.: Nuqūsh al-maqābir al-Nabaṭīyah fī Madāʼin Ṣāliḥ.
Spine title: Tomb inscriptions of Mada'in Salih.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-285) and indexes.

Contents

I. Introduction. (i). History of Research. (ii). Brief Description of the Site. (iii). The Nabataean History of the City. (iv). Religion and the Dead. (v). Society and Law. (vi). The Tomb Inscriptions -- II. Nabataean Script and Language. (i). History of the Nabataean Script. (ii). Nabataean and other Forms of Aramaic. (iii). Nabataean and Arabic -- III. The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Ancient Hegra - 1-38 -- IV. Nabataean Tomb Texts from Other Sites. (i). Petra - Turkmaniye Inscription. (ii). Petra - Bab es-Siq Nabataean-Greek Bilingual. (iii). Al-Ula - Strasbourg Inscription. (iv). Al-Jawf - Tomb Inscription. (v). Madeba - Inscription in the Louvre -- V. Indexes. (i). List of Personal Names. (ii). Divine Names. (iii). Place Names and Tribal Names. (iv). Glossary. (v). Numerals Written as Ciphers -- Bibliography: Concordance, Table of Masons, Script and Numeral Charts, Maps, Copies and Plates.

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0199221626

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ocm29450917

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