Paleo-Arabic

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Paleo-Arabic (or Palaeo-Arabic, previously called pre-Islamic Arabic or Old Arabic) was a pre-Islamic script used to write Arabic in the period of late antique Arabia. Used between the fifth and seventh centuries, it evolved out of the Nabataeo-Arabic script, and was superseded by the standardized Arabic that developed in the Islamic era. The phrase "Paleo-Arabic" was first coined by Christian Robin in its French form, paléo-arabe. Paleo-Arabic was first documented in inscriptions in Syria and Jordan, but has since been found in Western Arabia (the Hejaz), where over fifty Paleo-Arabic inscriptions have now been found, and in South Arabia. The only god mentioned in these inscriptions is Allah. These inscriptions are always Christian when more detailed religious information is available, a finding that is considered informative for understanding the religious history of late pre-Islamic Arabia. Paleo-Arabic inscriptions are publicly uploaded to the DiCoNab database.