Safaitic script

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Safaitic script is an ancient North Arabian alphabet used by nomadic tribes in the southern Syrian and northern Arabian deserts during the first centuries BCE–CE, primarily for rock and graffiti inscriptions.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Arabian script ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ
addedToUnicodeVersion Unicode 7.0 ⓘ
characterType consonants only ⓘ
culturalContext pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
deciphermentStatus largely deciphered ⓘ
discoveredIn as-Safa volcanic field ⓘ
documentedBy epigraphists ⓘ
hasVowelNotation no systematic vowel notation ⓘ
influenced study of early Arabic language ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Old Arabic ⓘ
inscriptionMedium basalt rocks ⓘ
sandstone rocks ⓘ
inscriptionType commemorative inscriptions ⓘ
curses ⓘ
genealogical records ⓘ
personal graffiti ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
namedAfter as-Safa region ⓘ
numberOfSigns approximately 28 letters ⓘ
region Hauran region ⓘ
Jabal al-Druze ⓘ
Syro-Arabian desert ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Desert

northern Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Northern Jordan

northern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
relatedTo Dadanitic script ⓘ
Hismaic script ⓘ
Proto-Arabic writing ⓘ
linked to: Semitic scripts

Thamudic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Thamudic
scriptFamily Ancient North Arabian ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic Arabic
scriptUsage informal writing ⓘ
non-monumental inscriptions ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
early Roman period ⓘ
late Hellenistic period ⓘ
unicodeBlock Safaitic ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
unicodeRange U+10D40–U+10D7F ⓘ
usedBy nomadic tribes ⓘ
usedFor graffiti inscriptions ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn northern Arabian desert ⓘ
southern Syrian desert ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Desert
writingDirection boustrophedon ⓘ
left-to-right ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
varied direction ⓘ
writingSystemOf Old Arabic dialects ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Safaitic Arabic → writingSystem → Safaitic script ⓘ
Dadanitic → distinctFrom → Safaitic ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
as-Safa region → knownFor → Safaitic inscriptions ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
as-Safa region → inscriptionLanguage → Safaitic ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
Thamudic → scriptFamily → Ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
Thamudic → relatedTo → Safaitic ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
Safaitic script → unicodeBlock → Safaitic ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
North Arabian inscriptions → writtenIn → Ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
North Arabian inscriptions → usedScript → Safaitic script ⓘ
North Arabian → hasWritingSystem → Ancient North Arabian script ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script
North Arabian → hasDialect → Safaitic ⓘ
linked to: Safaitic script