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South-east Arabian inscriptions: The current state of research

Giuliano Castagna, 2024. Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies 28(2), pp. 83 to 108.

Reviews the "Dhofar inscriptions", renamed South-east Arabian inscriptions because they occur from Dhofar to al-Mahra and Socotra: discovery history from the Bents in 1900 and Bertram Thomas in 1932 to Al-Shahri's work of 1991 to 1993; Script 1 (vertical, under 40 signs) and Script 2 (horizontal); rejects Nayeem's 2001 decipherment; reports radiocarbon samples from three inscriptions giving a provisional terminus post quem in the 4th century BC.

MYS0D7QBBHA32C1 · mystery · click to copyMDhofari scriptArticleCopy of Radiocarbon samples from three inscriptionsChecked against the original0

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The pre-decipherment state of research and the only radiocarbon dates.

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Castagna, G. (2024). South-east Arabian inscriptions: The current state of research. Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies 28(2), pp. 83 to 108. https://ojsunito33.archicoop.it/index.php/kervan/article/download/11451/9471
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