Arabian Epigraphic Notes

An Open Access Online Journal on Arabian Epigraphy.

A New Dedicatory Nabataean Inscription Dated to AD 53

Abstract

This paper presents a new Nabataean inscription dedicated to the Nabataean chief god Dushara and dated to the thirteenth year of the reign of the Nabataean king Malichus II (ad 40–70). It mentions the dedication of ʿlyʾ, a cultic feature rarely attested in Nabataean.


Keywords

Cultic practice Dushara Nabataean inscriptions

A New Nabataean Inscription from the Moab Plateau

Abstract

This paper deals with a new unpublished Nabataean inscription found in al-ʿAdnāniyah town, which is located to the north of Muʾtah in the Governorate of Karak in southern Jordan. The inscription represents a new addition to the corpus of Nabataean inscriptions from the Moab Plateau. The text, which is dated to the 29th year of Aretas IV, mentions the construction of rbʿyʾ, a term that has not been attested previously in Nabataean.


Keywords

Aramaic Cultic practice Nabataean inscriptions Nabataean religion Nabataeans