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An early Christian Arabic graffito mentioning ‘Yazīd the king’
Author(s) -
alShdaifat Younis,
AlJallad Ahmad,
alSalameen Zeyad,
Harahsheh Rafe
Publication year - 2017
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.12105
Subject(s) - palaeography , arabic , relevance (law) , history , classics , art , ancient history , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law
This article is an edition and commentary on an early Christian Arabic inscription discovered near Qaṣr Burquʿ in northeastern Jordan. The text mentions a certain yzydw ʾl‐mlk ‘Yazid the king’ and could date to the sixth or seventh century. We discuss the text's palaeography, its relevance for the history of the Arabic script, and attempt to identify the historical figure to which it refers.