Ethiopian script is a derivative of Old South Arabian script and a relative of Old North Arabian script and the only surviving member of the South Semitic family.
The script was completely replaced by Nabateo-Arabic in the Arabian Peninsula surviving only in the epigraphic record and Ethiopian shops’ signs; and as part of tourism promotion in alUla
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Saudi #archaeologists have discovered the longest pre-Islamic #Musnad inscription -of the ancient south Arabian script- and three gold rings and a bronze bull’s head at the Al Ukhdud excavation site in the #Najran region.
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https://arkeonews.net/saudi-archaeologists-have-discovered-a-pre-islamic-musnad-inscription-and-a-bronze-bullhead/
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