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Namara inscription

328 · 4th century

The Namara inscription is an Old Arabic text carved in Nabataean script on a tomb lintel at al-Namara in southern Syria and dated to 328 CE. It commemorates Imru al-Qays, son of Amr, as king of all the Arabs, and is usually linked to the early Lakhmid rulers of al-Hira. Found in 1901, it is one of the earliest substantial examples of the Arabic language and is now in the Louvre.

Namara inscription
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Namara inscription. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/namara-inscription
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