Alzoubi, Mahdi (2016) The Nabataean timing system. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 69 (3). pp. 301-309. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
Archaeological remains yield remarkable information concerning the Nabataeans’ timing system; excavations and surveys revealed water clocks, sundials and ground shadow clocks in Nabataean sites, namely Petra and Hegra. Besides, certain Nabataean inscriptions expose a good deal of evidence regarding the Nabataean timing terminology: ywm ‘day’; šnt ‘year’; yrḥ ‘month’; š<sup>c</sup>h ‘hour’; šb<sup>c</sup> ‘week’, lyly’ ‘night’ and zmn ‘time’ are the most frequently used terms found in the different Nabataean texts. Moreover, the excavations uncovered some archaeological evidence concerning the Nabataean annual calendar. The study adopts a comparative historical and linguistic perspective in investigating the different aspects of time measurement in Nabataean civilisation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom |
| Depositing User: | Ágnes Sallai |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2016 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2018 23:15 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/40205 |
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