Early Islamic Graffiti of Wādī al-Khirqa in Northwest Saudi Arabia
A Commentary on Unpublished Materials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20443040 |
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| Authors | Risa TOKUNAGA (Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources, Kanazawa University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-160 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-5219 • E-ISSN: 1884-1406 |
| Publisher | The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5356/jorient.65.2_141 |
| OpenAlex | W7146996282 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Wādī al-Khirqa is situated about 75 km northwest of Tabūk, Saudi Arabia. In 2017, a Saudi–Japanese team started graffiti surveys at the site, within the framework of al-Jawf/Tabūk Archaeological Project led by Prof. Sumio Fujii (Kanazawa University), and completed the third season in 2022. The site yielded 113 early Islamic Arabic graffiti, among which 32 were published in my previous papers. In this paper, 28 unpublished graffiti in good condition are introduced with their textual and orthographic analyses
Arabic · Arabic script · Graffiti · Islam · Situated · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · Public Spaces through Art
| Highly cited | No |
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