Sultan Maani

• phd semitic philology and epigraphy
• Professor at Hashemite University

Petroglyphs accompanying many Safaitic inscriptions are considered as a direct source of information about ancient Safaitic tribes, specifically their culture and society. Animals , wild and domestic, possible hunting scenes, anthropomorphs, presumed battle scenes and geometric symbols appear frequently in the Safaitic rock art. This research is co...

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This research is an analytical study of eleven thamudic inscriptions found in Samarmada valley at the al-Jafr region in south Jordan. These inscriptions have been presented here in transcription, and facsimile together with a discussion of a number of points which have been arisen from their study. The study aims at analyzing the inscriptions, mean...

This paper is an analytical study of ten new Thamudic inscriptions written in the so-called Thamudic E script, collected by the authors during a survey in the region of al-Jafr (southeast Jordan). The study aims at analyzing the inscriptions, meanings and structure of the words and the proper nouns contained therein. This group of inscriptions emph...

This research deals new Safaitic inscriptions from the Harra Region to the east of Mafraq in northern Jordan, يدرس هذا البحث عشرة نقوش صفوية جديدة من الحرة الأردنية الشمالية في محافظة المفرق , وقد تم تفريغها ، ونقحرتها وترجمتها ، وتحليها وفق المنهج المتبع عند الدارسين في هذه النوعية من النقوش ، فتم تتبع المفردة في أسفار النقوش الصفوية المنشورة ، وم...