Thamudic B | |
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Region | Northwest Arabia, occasionally Syria, Egypt, or Yemen |
Era | Mid- to late-1st millennium BCE |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Thamudic B is a Central Semitic language and script concentrated in northwestern Arabia, with attestations in Syria, Egypt, and Yemen. As a poorly understood form of Ancient North Arabian, it is included in the Thamudic category. Mentions of the king of Babylon and the Nabataean god Dushara show that Thamudic B was written over a span of centuries, ranging at least from the seventh or sixth to fourth centuries BCE. [1]
Thamudic B is mostly written horizontally, from right to left. [1] Salient linguistic features include the following: [2]