#Phenomenal #Hismaic inscription just edited for #OCIANA by J. Norris. The text is by a man with a Greek name of the lost tribe of ʿ𝒂̄𝒅. He calls on the goddess Allāt to be mindful of his friends 𝒚𝒉𝒅 “Judah” (Yəhûdâ) and 𝒚𝒔ʿ “Jesus” (Yēšûaʿ).
See: shorturl.at/jKaua

‎A common prayer to the gods in the pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions is sm‘ l-y “give ear to me”, so samī‘ “hearing (of prayers)” is an expected divine epithet. This Hismaic txt attests the name: ‘abdu-samī‘ “slave of (the one who) hears” anticipating the Islamic name عبد السميع.

A fun puzzle. This Hismaic inscription contains a unique prayer: 𝒉 𝒍𝒕𝒎 ʾ𝒕 ʾ𝒉̣𝒚𝒍𝒕 'O Allāt you are ʾḥy-Allāt! The text seems to be equating a divine name with its epithet. The first element ʾḥy must have something to do with 'life', but what is it exactly?

ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...

Ancient North #Arabian is a collection of scripts used in mostly the northern Arabian peninsula during the pre-Islamic period.

We showcased Dandantic, Safaitic, Taymanitic, and Hismaic on our site.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
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I get e-mails like this from academia.edu and a chill goes down my spine.

For heaven's sake, my doing a lot of reading and research on All Things Mesopotamian for the past few years and posting a lot about it on social media in no way makes me a reliable reference source to be cited!

Examples of Ancient North #Arabian writing:
Top right: Dandantic
Top left: Safaitic
Bottom right: Taymanitic
Bottom left: Hismaic

Sources:
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Don't know about Hismaic verb forms but could it be cognate to أَحْيَا or הֶחֱיָה, like "life-bringer?" Seems like an appropriate verb for a deity

Signatures in Hismaic, a 2,000-year-old precursor to Arabic, are etched into the rock in Wadi Hafir. http://bit.ly/1dHByfH

The Hismaic carvings, from 2,000 years ago, preserve the names, prayers, musings, and drawings of countless shepherds, hunters, and traders.

Signatures in Hismaic, a 2,000-year-old precursor to Arabic, are etched into the rock in Wadi Hafir. http://bit.ly/1dHByfH

The Hismaic carvings, from 2,000 years ago, preserve the names, prayers, musings, and drawings of countless shepherds, hunters, and traders.