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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 3236667, member: 42773&quot;]Great thread! Technically the language on Nabataean coins (and all monumental inscriptions) is a local version of Aramaic. Nabataean Arabic was a colloquial language distinct from the formal, imperial court language of Nabataean Aramaic. As Nabataean Aramaic grew to be spoken by more and more people, however, it picked up significant influences from the language of the common man. Not only did the two branches eventually feed into what is known as modern Arabic, but the Nabataean alphabet slowly morphed into modern Arabic script as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Aretas IV and Shaqilat on a year 1 drachm (9 BC), and Rabbel II and Gamilat on a year 20 drachm (AD 90). Notice the refined Hellenistic style of the earlier drachm, and the cruder yet still artistically distinctive style of the later (almost a return to archaic aesthetics)...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846390[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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