Tuesday 12 February 2013

First recorded inscription in Arabic 512 A.D.

First recorded inscription in Arabic 512 A.D. WIKIPEDIA Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The first recorded text in the Arabic alphabet was written in 512. It is a trilingual dedication in Greek, Syriac and Arabic found at Zabad in Syria. The version of the Arabic alphabet used includes only 22 letters, of which only 15 are different, being used to note 28 phonemes:-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "With the help of God (الاله)! Sergius, son of Amat Manaf, and Tobi, son of Imru'l-qais and Sergius, son of Sa‘d, and Sitr, and Shouraih."////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/121839 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This inscription was discovered in Zebed, Syria, by Wetzstein and first published by Sachau. The text covers a lintel over the door to the martyrion of St. Serge. The Arabic, though, does not translate the Greek but merely listing six names, not all of which are mentioned in Greek. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ALSO: Harran Inscription: A Pre-Islamic Arabic Inscription From 568 CE It is a Greek-Arabic bilingual inscription on the martyrium of St. John.

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