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An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions, Part II
Author(s) -
AlJallad Ahmad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/aae.12069
Subject(s) - constellation , ancient history , history , archaeology , position (finance) , egyptology , classics , physics , astronomy , finance , economics
The second part of ‘An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions’ discusses the position of the Arabian zodiac vis‐à‐vis other parapegmata from antiquity, and takes up a comparative etymological study of the zodiac names in an attempt to locate their source. Four appendices discussing tangential issues that arose in the course of this study follow.