Nabataean script

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf writing system
gptkbp:associatedAct Nabataean_pottery
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Petra
Nabataean_trade_networks
gptkbp:characterTraits approximately 22 characters
gptkbp:conservationEfforts yes
scholarly research
gptkbp:contemporary Greek_and_Latin_scripts
gptkbp:culturalHeritage between_Nabataeans_and_other_civilizations
part_of_Nabataean_civilization
gptkbp:culturalInfluence on surrounding cultures
gptkbp:culturalSignificance important_for_understanding_early_Arabic_language
gptkbp:descendant Semitic_scripts
gptkbp:developedBy Aramaic_script
gptkbp:examples funerary inscriptions
gptkbp:firstAppearance around 150 BC
gptkbp:firstHeld around 400 AD
gptkbp:historical_analysis epigraphy
linguistics and archaeology
gptkbp:historicalContext trade_routes_in_ancient_Arabia
gptkbp:historicalRecords document trade and commerce
gptkbp:historicalSignificance provides insight into ancient languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nabataean script
gptkbp:influenced early_Arabic_scripts
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Phoenician_script
gptkbp:isCharacterizedBy angular shapes and ligatures
gptkbp:language Semitic_languages
gptkbp:location Northwest_Arabia
gptkbp:maintainedBy archaeological findings
gptkbp:notableEvent Nabataean_inscriptions_in_Petra
gptkbp:notableFeature right-to-left writing direction
Nabataean_inscriptions_in_the_Sinai_Peninsula
epigraphers_studying_Nabataean_inscriptions
gptkbp:officialLanguage Nabataean_Arabic
Nabataean_to_Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:reduces gptkb:Arab_conquests
gptkbp:relatedTo Arabic_script
gptkbp:researchInterest research_papers_on_Nabataean_epigraphy
gptkbp:screenplayBy right-to-left
led_to_development_of_Arabic_script
gptkbp:timePeriod 1st century BC to 4th century AD
gptkbp:type abjad
consonantal_alphabet
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Nabataeans
gptkbp:usedFor writing_Arabic
gptkbp:usedIn inscriptions
gptkbp:wrote stone, papyrus, and parchment