The Nabataeans against the Ḥwlt – once again. An edition of new Safaitic inscriptions from the Jordanian Ḥarrah desert

This paper examines three Safaitic graffiti recently discovered during a survey of the Wādī Salmā area in the ḥarrah desert, north-eastern Jordan. While one of these texts consists exclusively of onomastica, the other two contain new references to the Ḥwlt tribe, one of which is in a prayer asking Dushara to avenge the Nabataeans against them. This provides further evidence of a conflict that took place between the Nabataeans and the Ḥwlt, a mysterious event that has recently been brought to attention by Sabri Abbadi. The decipherment of the texts is followed by an updated list of the documents referring to this war and by some remarks on its historical context. The question that is asked is whether it could have occurred during the Nabataean takeover of northern Arabia during the first century bc.Wetensch. publicati

Einige Altnordarabische Inschriften aus Jordanien

This paper deals with new epigraphical material which was excavated in Wādī al-Hašād in Jordan. The importance of this study lies in the publication of these yet unpublished inscriptions

New Islamic inscriptions from the Jordanian Badia region

This paper aims to study new Islamic epigraphical material found in the Jordanian Badia. These inscriptions include one hadith and one inscription dating to the thirteenth century ce / eighth century ah. This study will highlight the relationship between the place where the inscriptions were found and the early Islamic mosque also said to be located there. The purpose of this article is to publish images of the newly-found inscriptions, give a translation, and provide some commentary. This article considers the definition of Islamic inscription to be all Arabic inscriptions written since Islamic times.Wetensch. publicati

Molecular Systematic Study Of The Genus Fagonia L. In Libya

Molecular analyses of ten Fagonia species grown widely in the Libyan Desert have been carried to investigate the taxonomic relationship between them and to evaluate the genetic distances among them. To achieve our aim RAPD technique carried out through six arbitrary primers. Comparing with ladder DNA marker, the obtained data were computerized and analyzed using SYSTAT program. The studied species are F. arabica L., F. bruguieri   DC, F. cretica L., F.glutinosa Delile, F. indica Burm., F. microphylla Pomel, F. sinaica Boiss, F. schweinfurthii Hadidi, F. tenuifolia Steud. and F.thebaica Boiss. The genetic variability among the ten Fagonia species estimated using the DNA protein sequencing obtained from primer 1, indicates that F. indica and F. glutinosa are very closely related while F.cretica, F.microphylla  and F.arabica related to each other and gathered together in another group. The dendrograms of the six primers via UPGMA method according to RAPD finger printing gave two clusters with homology percentage 9%. The first one has F.microphylla and F.schweinfurthii at 50% similarity index. The second cluster divided into two sub-clusters. The first one included three Fagonia species (F.cretica; F.indica and F.glutinosa). The second sub-cluster subdivided into two other sub-clusters. The first one contained F.arabica and F.bruguieri at 50% similarity index. The other sub-cluster gathered F.sinaica and F.thebaica and, both species in genetic relationship with F.tenuifolia.Molecular analyses of ten Fagonia species grown widely in the Libyan Desert have been carried to investigate the taxonomic relationship between them and to evaluate the genetic distances among them. To achieve our aim RAPD technique carried out through six arbitrary primers. Comparing with ladder DNA marker, the obtained data were computerized and analyzed using SYSTAT program. The studied species are F. arabica L., F. bruguieri   DC, F. cretica L., F.glutinosa Delile, F. indica Burm., F. microphylla Pomel, F. sinaica Boiss, F. schweinfurthii Hadidi, F. tenuifolia Steud. and F.thebaica Boiss. The genetic variability among the ten Fagonia species estimated using the DNA protein sequencing obtained from primer 1, indicates that F. indica and F. glutinosa are very closely related while F.cretica, F.microphylla  and F.arabica related to each other and gathered together in another group. The dendrograms of the six primers via UPGMA method according to RAPD finger printing gave two clusters with homology percentage 9%. The first one has F.microphylla and F.schweinfurthii at 50% similarity index. The second cluster divided into two sub-clusters. The first one included three Fagonia species (F.cretica; F.indica and F.glutinosa). The second sub-cluster subdivided into two other sub-clusters. The first one contained F.arabica and F.bruguieri at 50% similarity index. The other sub-cluster gathered F.sinaica and F.thebaica and, both species in genetic relationship with F.tenuifolia

New Epigraphica from Jordan II: three Safaitic-Greek partial bilingual inscriptions

This paper publishes three new Safaitic-Greek bilingual inscriptions. One of them is the first to contain a translation of the Old Arabic prose into Greek. In addition to their decipherment and translation, the paper offers a few grammatical observations on the Arabic and Greek and remarks on the growing evidence for Arabic-Greek bilingualism in the Harrah.Safaitic|Greek inscriptions|Literacy|Bilingual inscriptions|Graeco-ArabicaWetensch. publicati

Ḥ R B Y H D in Ancient North Arabian Inscriptions (Safaitic)

The research aims to highlight a recently discovered Safaitic inscription from Jordan. This inscription was transliterated to classical Arabic and the personal names, verbs and term mentioned in the text was studied and compared with other Semitic languages. The importance of this study lies in the publication of this yet unpublished inscription. The inscription contains the term Ḥ R B Y H D. The inscription can be dated between the middle of the first century B.C. to the mid-first century A.D., because the location of the inscriptions with the term and the date of the nearest war involving Jews. This inscription is the second instance that the word ḏ-y-l which denotes tribe affiliation appears

Einige Altnordarabische inschriften aus Jordanien

This paper deals with new epigraphical material which was excavated in Wādī al-Hašād in Jordan. The importance of this study lies in the publication of these yet unpublished inscriptions

Ancient North Arabian (Safaitic) Inscriptions: Short messages from the Jordan Badia

The primary aim of this article is to present newly found ancient North Arabian inscriptions discovered in two locations within the Jordan Badia. This paper presents the first evidence that the “Safaic people/ Safaitic tribes” looked to the god Lt (Allat) as the queen of the earth. his article also tries to explain the meaning of the verb ʾṣḫ, which has been found in only a few inscriptions in Ancient North Arabian. The article concludes that the majority of verbs in Safaitic relate to sadness, grief, death, and worry and that we must translate inscriptions by understanding the meaning of the entire work and not just translate the component part