A rock inscription mentioning Thaʿlaba, an Arab king from Ghassān

Uzi Avner , Laila Nehmé (1) , Christian Julien Robin (1)

1 OM-MS - Équipe Mondes sémitiques

This article is the edition and commentary of an inscription discovered some time ago in the area of Eilat. It is written in a script that is transitional between Nabataean and Arabic, is presumably dated to the late fifth century AD and mentions an Arab king.

Mots clés: Eilat; inscription; Thaʿlaba; Ghassān; Arab king

Domaines: Histoire

Uzi Avner, Laila Nehmé, Christian Julien Robin. A rock inscription mentioning Thaʿlaba, an Arab king from Ghassān. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 2013, 24, pp.237-256. ⟨10.1111/aae.12025⟩. ⟨halshs-00873983⟩