Nabatean alphabet

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History of the Alphabet
Wadi el-Hol 19th c. BC Proto-Canaanite 14th c. BC Ugaritic 13th c. BC Phoenician 11th c. BC Paleo-Hebrew 9th c. BC Samaritan 6th c. BC Aramaic 9th c. BC Hebrew 3rd c. BC Avestan 3th c. Brāhmī 3rd c. BC Syriac 2nd c. BC Arabic 4th c. Greek 8th c. BC Old Italic 8th c. BC Runes 2nd c. Latin 7th c. BC Gothic 4th c. Armenian 405 Glagolitic 862 Cyrillic 10th c. South Arabian 9th c. BC Ethiopic 3rd-4th c.
Meroitic 3rd c. BC

The Nabatean alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabateans in the 2nd century BC. Important inscriptions are found in Petra. The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet, and in turn developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century.

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