An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions, Part II
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The second part of ‘An ancient Arabian zodiac. The constellations in the Safaitic inscriptions’ discusses the position of the Arabian zodiac vis‐à‐vis other parapegmata from antiquity, and takes up a comparative etymological study of the zodiac names in an attempt to locate their source. Four appendices discussing tangential issues that arose in the course of this study follow.
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rʾy and ṭʿn in Safaitic refer to a calendar based on the movement of the stars.
“The recent recognition that rʾy and ṭʿn in Safaitic refer to a calendar based on the movement of the stars (Al-Jallad 2014; 2016)”
From Dadanitic <i>b-rʾy</i> as referring to a local calendar? (2020) · cites this paper as Al-Jallad 2016
The system survives only in remnants, sometimes adapted to other systems as in Yemen and the Safaitic inscriptions, probably because such calendars are not very practical for administrative purposes due to their lack of specificity and uniformity.
“The reason we probably only see remnants of this system, sometimes adapted to other systems as in Yemen (Varisco 1993) and the Safaitic inscriptions (Al-Jallad 2016), is probably due to the fact that they are not very practical for administrative purposes, due to their lack of specificity and uniformity.”
From Dadanitic <i>b-rʾy</i> as referring to a local calendar? (2020) · cites this paper as Al-Jallad 2016
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Jacobus, H. R. (2010) · The Dead Sea Scrolls · doi:10.1163/ej.9789004167841.i-552.70 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
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Dadanitic <i>b-rʾy</i> as referring to a local calendar?
Kootstra, F. (2020) · Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies · doi:10.1017/s0041977x20000038 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
“Note, however, CAr. kusʾun “the hinder, or latter part of anything” (Lane: 2608c), which could be connected to the “end” of the path of the asterism across the sky and its setting at dawn (Al-Jallad 2016: 94).”
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- Authors
- Al‐Jallad, A.
- Affiliations
- Leiden University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Al‐Jallad, Ahmad
- ORCID
- Al‐Jallad, Ahmad
- Venue
- Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-04-22
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 84-106
- ISSN
- 0905-7196 (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0471
- OpenAlex
- W2168747299
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Arabian archaeology and epigraphy (publishedVersion)
- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Keywords
- Safaitic inscriptions, constellations, etymology, ancient astronomy
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