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Volume 16, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2031-5937
  • E-ISSN: 2295-9041

Abstract

Abstract

Un graffite rupestre découvert récemment à Ḥimà (à une centaine de kilomètres au nord-nord-est de Najrān) présente la singularité de commencer en écriture arabe et de s’achever en alphabet sudarabique. La graphie de l’arabe permet de le dater du e siècle de l’hégire soit, de façon approximative, vers 750 de l’ère chrétienne. L’inscription offre l’attestation la plus tardive d’un usage bien maîtrisé de l’alphabet sudarabique. Le formulaire utilisé par l’auteur paraît chrétien.

Abstract

A rock graffiti recently discovered at Ḥimà (c100 km north-north-east of Najrān) has the unusual feature of beginning in Arabic script and ending in South Arabian alphabet. According to the Arabic script, it can be dated to the 2nd century of the Hegira, or approximately 750 . The inscription provides the latest evidence of a well mastered use of the South Arabian alphabet. The formulas used by the author appears to be Christian.

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