A Note on the Safaitic Calendar
This short contribution presents three new Safaitic texts that shed further light on the division of the year among the pre-Islamic nomads of the Syro-Arabian Ḥarrah. The inscriptions demonstrate that the zodiac sign names could be used as the names of months and open a new avenue of discussion rega...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2024
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-8 |
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| Summary: | This short contribution presents three new Safaitic texts that shed further light on the division of the year among the pre-Islamic nomads of the Syro-Arabian Ḥarrah. The inscriptions demonstrate that the zodiac sign names could be used as the names of months and open a new avenue of discussion regarding the meanings of the terms rʾy and ksʾ. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgad042 |