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DiCoNab aims at recording in a database easily accessible online the Nabataean and Developing Arabic inscriptions from the various countries and regions where they have been discovered since the mid-nineteenth century, primarily Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Egypt.
Nabataean (or Nabataean Aramaic) is the name given to the language and script used by the Nabataeans, an Arab tribe the presence of which is attested in southern Jordan, in the region of Petra, from the late fourth century BCE onwards. The members of this tribe established a kingdom which, at its greatest extent, reached from Damascus in the north to the Ḥijāz in the south. This kingdom remained independent until 106 CE, when the Romans annexed it and named it the Province of Arabia.
The Nabataeans produced thousands of inscriptions, the vast majority of which are carved on stone, but only a little more than twenty Nabataean papyri have survived. They also minted vast numbers of coins with legends in the Nabataean script.
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The Nabataeans produced thousands of inscriptions, the vast majority of which are carved on stone, but only a little more than twenty Nabataean papyri have survived. They also minted vast numbers of coins with legends in the Nabataean script.
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Laïla Nehmé
CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée (Paris)
Project Manager
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford
Fellow of the British Academy
Researcher
Jérôme Norris
Université de Lorraine, EA 1132 HISCANT-MA, Nancy
Researcher
John Healey
Professor Emeritus of Semitic Studies, The University of Manchester Fellow of the British Academy
Researcher
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Sofia Chair of Arabic Studies, Ohio State University
Researcher
Matteo Gallo
Digital Heritage IT Specialist (Pisa)
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