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Pre-Islamic Arabian Script Deciphered
Nathan Steinmeyer, 2025. Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society.
Report of 1 August 2025 on Al-Jallad's decipherment of Dhofari 1, found in the deserts of Oman and Yemen: three inscriptions are alphabets with over 20 distinct letters each and no repeats; the order follows halḥam; the script may descend from or be close to Thamudic B; many texts are short prayers, names or graffiti; both Dhofari scripts date to about the end of the first millennium BC and fell out of use before the 7th century AD.
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Steinmeyer, N. (2025). Pre-Islamic Arabian Script Deciphered. Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/pre-islamic-arabian-script-deciphered/
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Steinmeyer, Nathan. “Pre-Islamic Arabian Script Deciphered.” Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society (2025).