While the so-called Hasaitic script in the Gulf region has long been understood as being an influence from South Arabia, the actual reason for, and the way of, adapting the Ancient South Arabian script in that region has remained a matter of dispute. Recent finds from Mleiha may now contribute to clarify this picture. The two objects, a small tablet of silver and the fragment of an amphora, are inscribed with a script that is neither Hasaitic in its common form (i.e. a close relative of the Ancient South Arabian monumental or musnad script) nor Aramaic, but rather a derivative of the so-called minuscule script or zabūr from Ancient South Arabia. The discovery of this script, which was used for everyday correspondence in ancient Yemen, is thus far unparalleled in the Gulf region. The paper provides a first decipherment and interpretation of the two inscriptions and draws some preliminary conclusions on the development of writing in the region.

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海湾地区的南阿拉伯 zabūr 文字：Mleiha（阿联酋沙迦）最近的一些发现

虽然海湾地区所谓的哈赛文字长期以来一直被认为是受南阿拉伯的影响，但在该地区改编古代南阿拉伯文字的实际原因和方式仍然存在争议。Mleiha 的最新发现现在可能有助于澄清这幅图景。这两件物品，一块小银片和一个双耳瓶碎片，刻有一种文字，既不是哈赛语的常见形式（即古代南阿拉伯纪念碑或穆斯纳德文字的近亲），也不是阿拉姆语，而是一种源自古代南阿拉伯的所谓小字体或 zabūr。这种在古代也门用于日常通信的文字的发现在海湾地区迄今为止是无与伦比的。