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A new Ancient North Arabian inscription with a reference to the Nabataean king Aretas
Author(s) -
alSalameen Zeyad
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1600-0471.2011.00340.x
Subject(s) - ancient history , archaeology , history , geography
This study deals with a newly discovered Ancient North Arabian inscription found in al‐Ḥussayniah, north of Maʿān, in southern Jordan. The inscription is dated to ‘the year Ḥarithat the king died’, most likely referring to the year of the death of Aretas IV (AD 40).