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Written In Stone: Pre-Islamic Period Inscriptions
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Pre-Islamic Exhibit

• Origin & Develpment
  of Writing in Arabia
  - Aramaic
  - Comparative Chart
    Of Scripts
  - Greek
  - Sabaean
• Thamudic
  (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
• Lihyanite
  (1) (2) (3)
• Safaitic
  (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
  (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
• Musnad al Janubi
  (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)  

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Islamic Exhibit
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Comparative Chart of Scripts

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Pre-Islamic Exhibit: Origin & Develpment | Thamudic | Lihyanite | Safaitic | Musnad al Janubi
Islamic Exhibit: Islamic Period | Kufi 1 | Kufi 2 | Naskh
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